[%%IMAGE1%%] “Speculative capital” is eating away at the Machang Bridge, and it is about to devour state-run companies specializing in roads and gas with deals like the one that brought about the bridge’s construction. That deal drained public funds and will see the funds from bridge tolls delivered to Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund, which owns 100 percent of the equity in the company that operates the bridge, for the next 30 years.Meanwhile, President Lee Myung-bak and his chief econ man Kang Man-soo look as though they want to feed the beast the Incheon International Airport Highway, too. It is one of the eight road projects in which Macquarie also owns management equity.(Hankyoreh Geurimpan, 19 September 2008)

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[Column] Park Geun-hye déjà vu in Yoon Suk-yeol

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”

[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?

‘We must say no’: Seoul defense chief on Korean, USFK involvement in hypothetical Taiwan crisis

N. Korean delegation’s trip to Iran shows how Pyongyang is leveraging ties with Moscow

‘Weddingflation’ breaks the bank for Korean couples-to-be

Korea sees more deaths than births for 52nd consecutive month in February

Will NewJeans end up collateral damage in internal feud at K-pop juggernaut Hybe?

Amnesty notes ‘erosion’ of freedom of expression in Korea in annual human rights report

Samsung barricades office as unionized workers strike for better conditions

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

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황선홍호, 40년 만에 올림픽행 좌절…‘신태용 매직’에 꺾였다

‘검찰청 술판 회유’ 폭로한 이화영, 검사·쌍방울 임직원 고발

[속보] 이재명 “의제 다 접어두고 윤 대통령 만나겠다”

환자 고통이 ‘민생’인데...‘의정 갈등’ 미적대는 윤-이 회담

심판론에도 변함없다…“저쪽이 싫어서 투표하는 민주주의”

민희진 “빨아먹고 찍어 누르기”…하이브 “무속인 코치받아 경영”

금요일은 초여름, 주말은 여름…4월에 30도 더위가 찾아온다

대법 “일용직 노동자 월 근로일수 산정…20일 초과 안 돼”

‘자두밭 청년’ 향년 29…귀농 7년은 왜 죽음으로 끝났나

헌재, 형제자매·패륜가족에 ‘무조건 유산 상속’ 제동

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