[%%IMAGE1%%] Members of anti-war organizations carry out a protest in front of the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan, Seoul, on Sunday, marking International Conscientious Objectors’ Day.The conscientious objectors lay on the ground to write out the word “peace.”The South Korean chapter of Amnesty International asked for adoption of alternative service for conscientious objectors in a statement that day, saying that some 950 conscientious objectors to military service are in prison in South Korea. Baek Jong-keon, a Jehovah Witness and lawyer indicted for refusing to serve in the military filed a petition with a court against the Military Service Law that puts conscientious objectors behind bars on May 9. Under the law, those who refuse military service without legitimate causes are sentenced to imprisonment of up to three years.International Conscientious Objectors’ Day, organized by War Resisters’ International (WRI) and its affiliated organizations, is observed around the world on May 15.(Photo by Shin So-young)　　Please direct questions or comments to [englishhani@hani.co.kr]

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Six times thus far state commissions have slapped broadcasters with penalties for making reference to stock price manipulation allegations faced by Kim Keon-hee

[Editorial] Penalties for airing allegations against Korea’s first lady endanger free press

Spending millions on SM-3 interceptor missiles will not protect South Korea

[Editorial] Yoon must halt procurement of SM-3 interceptor missiles

Questions remain as to whether a population decline necessarily dictates a pessimistic future for a country

[Guest essay] Maybe Korea’s rapid population decline is an opportunity, not a crisis

Humbled in his domestic policy by an election defeat, Yoon should use this opportunity to reflect on his administration’s diplomacy as well

[Column] Can Yoon steer diplomacy with Russia, China back on track?

An independent probe into the death of a Marine could expose manipulation of state affairs

[Column] Season 2 of special prosecutor probe may be coming to Korea soon

Park Geun-hye’s experience is a cautionary tale for Yoon

[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

Months and months of overdue wages are pushing migrant workers in Korea into debt

Trump asks why US would defend Korea, hints at hiking Seoul’s defense cost burden

Bills for Itaewon crush inquiry, special counsel probe into Marine’s death pass National Assembly

60% of young Koreans see no need to have kids after marriage

Korean firms cut costs, work overtime amid global economic uncertainties

1 in 3 S. Korean security experts support nuclear armament, CSIS finds

S. Korea discusses participation in defense development with AUKUS alliance

[Reporter’s notebook] In Min’s world, she’s the artist — and NewJeans is her art

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“윤, 채상병 특검 거부권은 셀프탄핵 신호탄…즉각 수용하라”

엄마는 소리 없이 울었다…이태원 참사 1년 반 만에 특별법 통과

대통령실 “채상병 특검은 입법 폭주” 거부권 시사

‘채상병 특검법 통과’ 눈물 흘린 해병들…‘거부권’ 용산, 그 마음 외면하나

국힘 “‘채상병 특검법’ 대통령 거부권 건의할 것”…김웅, 나홀로 찬성표

유기견 안락사는 ‘고통사’였다…밀양시장 “깊은 사과” 고개 숙여

‘아홉 살 때 교통사고’ 아빠가 진 빚…자녀가 갚아야 한다, 서른 넘으면

택배 상자 타고 1000km 날아간 고양이… ‘여기 어디냥’

채상병 특검법 국회 통과…국힘 퇴장 속 야권 단독처리

민심 들으려 ‘민정수석 부활’ 한다더니…검찰출신 앉힐 듯

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