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Months after Camp David, questions about benefits of SK-US-JP cooperation for Seoul remain

Months after Camp David, questions about benefits of SK-US-JP cooperation for Seoul remain The most significant geopolitical change in Asia in 2023 has been the rapid progress of the trilateral cooperation between the US, South Korea and Japan. Since the Camp David summit on Aug. 18, the three countries have accelerated their cooperation on security, economy, supply chains and cybercrime. On Saturday, the security chiefs of the US, South Korea and Japan met in Seoul to launch a series of new initiatives aimed at directly blocking North Korea’s main source of funding for its nuclear program: hacking.

[Column] The horrors of Gaza

[Column] The horrors of Gaza The greatest horror of the war between Israel and Gaza is that it shouldn’t have happened in the first place. Israeli intelligence received a 40-page document a year before the Oct. 7 attack that provided precise details of the plan of the militant Hamas organization to breach the security wall between Israel and Gaza. Although the document was widely distributed among military and intelligence officials, the Israeli government did not act. It did not send reinforcements to the border. It did not modify the border wall itself. It dismissed the warnings of an intelligence analyst who reported in July on a Hamas training exercise that closely mirrored the details in the 40-page document. And then, two days before the Oct. 7 attack, two Israeli commando companies were redeployed away from the Gaza border to the West Bank.

US strategy of checking China could impede SK’s response to cozying NK-Russia ties

US strategy of checking China could impede SK’s response to cozying NK-Russia ties

South Korea, the United States, and Japan reached an agreement on comprehensive cooperation that extends from previous security-related areas targeting North Korea, China, and Russia into economic and high technology-related areas connected to supply chains, technology protections, joint research, and artificial intelligence.

Korea’s Supreme Court rules employers have duty to support employees’ child care, a first

Korea’s Supreme Court rules employers have duty to support employees’ child care, a first

The South Korean Supreme Court ruled that refusing to hire a working parent who declines to work early-morning hours and holidays constitutes wrongful termination. The court cited legal provisions that require business owners to support employees’ child care, effectively concluding that business owners have a duty of care when it comes to working parents.

“Sometimes he slapped us”: 15% of Koreans report being assaulted by superiors at work

“Sometimes he slapped us”: 15% of Koreans report being assaulted by superiors at work

“I was hired as part of the sales team. The manager always cursed us out in front of other people about how monthly sales were lagging, telling us to pull our act together. Sometimes he slapped us in the face or choked us.” (November 2023, email report submitted to Gabjil 119’s hotline for workplace abuse)

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