[%%IMAGE1%%] The members of Korean Women’s Trade Union carry pickets in the shape of 1,000 Won note to campaign for an 1,000 Won (0.8 dollars) increase in the minimum wage at Yeouido located in Seoul, May 21.Women have been experiencing an increase in discriminatory treatment from companies, including a reduction in wagers and being the first fired during this economic crisis. Photo Kim Tae-hyung/The Hankyoreh

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

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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

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

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[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

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Korea’s 1.3% growth in Q1 signals ‘textbook’ return to growth, says government

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Flying “new right” flag, Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol charges toward ideological rule

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