S. Korea’s Social Mobility Keeps Declining

2015-02-01

Another report released this week by the KIHASA shows that it is getting more difficult to escape the shackles of poverty in South Korea. The survey, ...

Swimmer Park Tae-hwan Hit by Doping Scandal

2015-02-01

South Korea’s star swimmer Park Tae-hwan has found himself in a quagmire this week after it was revealed that he failed a doping test after receiving ...

Cabinet, Presidential Office Reshuffle - Analysis and Prospects

2015-01-30

Supreme Court Upholds 9-year Prison Term on Former Lawmaker for Instigation

2015-01-25

The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling of nine years in prison against former representative Lee Seok-ki of the now-disbanded Unified Progressive ...

Government Plans Various Events with N. Korea to Mark Liberation Day

2015-01-25

The government is seeking to hold a variety of joint events with North Korea around August 15th this year. The Ministry of Unification on Monday ...

Government to Reconsider Revising Year-end Tax Settlement

2015-01-25

Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan called a press conference on Tuesday, where he promised to consider improving the controversial new tax settlement ...

Missing S. Korean Teen and Islamic State (IS)

2015-01-23

U.S. Toughens Sanction on North Korea

2015-01-18

Since the massive cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, Washington has increasingly become hawkish over North Korea. This week, two United ...

President Park Unveils Policy Directions for New Year

2015-01-18

President Park Geun-hye hosted her first press conference of the year on Monday, in which she laid out a blueprint for the policies she will pursue ...

South Korea Opens Carbon Trading System

2015-01-18

South Korea opened Asia’s first carbon trading market on Monday. It is the world’s second largest cap-and-trade system in trade volume, only smaller ...