[%%IMAGE1%%]<p>  Dark clouds hang over Yongsan International Business District in Seoul on Mar. 13. The project’s main actor Dream Hub Financial Investment announced that it has defaulted on 5.2 billion won in debt. The project is South Korea’s largest ever property development and is now in danger of collapsing. It was started seven years ago by then-Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon. The project has been criticized for its extravagance. (by Ryu Woo-jong, staff photographer)</p>[%%IMAGE2%%]<p>A miniature model of the vision for the Yongsan International Business District, which was planned to have many skyscrapers.</p>

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The collapse of a developmental mirage

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The extreme confrontation unfolding now between South and North is one where even a small mistake could lead to disaster

[Editorial] New weight of N. Korea’s nuclear threats makes dialogue all the more urgent

Even Rhee himself insisted that the government established in 1948 was “reconstructing” the government established in 1919 by independence activists

[Guest essay] The real reason Korea’s new right wants to dub Rhee a founding father

Mutual acknowledgment is the first step to peace and coexistence, so perhaps we in South Korea should give up the term “Bukhan” (North Korea) for the name it prefers: “Choson”

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New textbooks approved for use in middle schools make preposterous claims about Japan’s colonial rule over Korea

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When it comes to dialogue, half of it is about listening

[Column] The president’s questionable capacity for dialogue

The way Korea’s chaebol families blatantly use affiliate spinoffs to secure inherited control over conglomerates is rarely seen in other advanced economies

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As Japan upgrades its alliance with the US, it’s more important than ever that South Korea seek balance in its diplomacy

[Column] Has Korea, too, crossed the Rubicon on China?

As was the case with the UK then, the US is no longer at its peak of power and it’s difficult for Washington to deal with its strategic rivals alone

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Samsung subcontractor worker commits suicide from work stress

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US overtakes China as Korea’s top export market, prompting trade sanction jitters

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