[%%IMAGE1%%] With his buddy the Mad Cow in tow, President Lee thanks all those who are helping him seize control of the broadcast media. Those who are helping him include his mentor, who now heads the broadcasting commission, and prosecutors and private security guards who were present at a recent YTN shareholders’ meeting at which one of Lee’s former aides was appointed to the post of chief executive officer.This Lee, however, bears an uncanny resemblance to another person fond of controlling the media, former President Chun Doo-hwan. For Koreans, the sight of Chun’s bald pate, drawn here on Lee, brings back memories of a time to which they’d rather not return.(Hankyoreh Geurimpan, 18 July 2008)

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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”

[Column] ‘Choson’: Is it time we start referring to N. Korea in its own terms?

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

[Editorial] Japan’s rewriting of history with Korea has gone too far

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

[Column] Are chaebol firms just pizza pies for families to divvy up as they please?

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

[Correspondent’s column] In Japan’s alliance with US, echoes of its past alliances with UK

Does he expect to tell the people to change while he does not?

[Editorial] Does Yoon think the Korean public is wrong?

The recent augmentation of the US-Japan alliance into a global one, expanding Japan’s military role, makes Japan’s regressive historical awareness all the more concerning

[Editorial] As it bolsters its alliance with US, Japan must be accountable for past

An amendment to the Constitution that would allow for two four-year terms for the president rather than a single five-year one could be the key to Yoon leaving the stage to applause rather than boos

[Guest essay] Amending the Constitution is Yoon’s key to leaving office in public’s good graces

Why Korea shouldn’t welcome Japan’s newly beefed up defense cooperation with US

Opposition calls Yoon’s chief of staff appointment a ‘slap in the face’

Senior doctors cut hours, prepare to resign as government refuses to scrap medical reform plan

Terry Anderson, AP reporter who informed world of massacre in Gwangju, dies at 76

[Column] The clock is ticking for Korea’s first lady

New AI-based translation tools make their way into everyday life in Korea

Survey: S. Koreans spend more time using smartphones than eating

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의성군 ‘자두 농부’ 향년 29…귀촌 7년은 왜 죽음으로 끝났나

거짓진술 국방부 법무관리관, ‘대통령실 개입’ 덮으려 했나

대통령실 합창단 ‘마이 웨이’ 불러…비서실장 이·취임식 풍경

이재명 대표연임 ‘추대론’ 솔솔…원내대표 박찬대로 정리 기류

고소득층 감면액, 저소득층 25배인데…정부 또 유류세 인하 연장

돌풍에 천둥·번개 동반한 비…싸락우박 떨어지는 곳도

윤 ‘정진석 비서실장’ 임명에 야당 “악수하자며 따귀 때려”

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