[%%IMAGE1%%]<p>  Police spray Sewol victims' families and citizens with a water cannon and tear gas at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Apr. 18, two days after the anniversary of the sinking. Around 300,000 people (8,000 by police estimate) gathered to demonstrate, calling for the government to salvage the ferry, scrap the special Sewol Law enforcement decree and hold a thorough investigation into the tragedy. 100 people were arrested by police. (by Kim Kyung-ho, staff photographer)</p>[%%IMAGE3%%][%%IMAGE4%%]

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[Photo] Police clash with Sewol families in the heart of Seoul

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

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

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

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

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

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의성군 ‘자두 청년’ 향년 29…귀농 7년은 왜 죽음으로 끝났나

거짓 진술 국방부 법무관리관, ‘대통령실 개입’ 덮으려 했나

“새만금 잼버리, 한국 정부 개입으로 여러 문제 발생”

“예정대로 25일 병원 떠나겠다”…압박 수위 높이는 의대 교수들

날짜 못 잡은 윤-이 회담…대통령실 ‘민생 위주로’-민주 ‘사과도’

윤 ‘정진석 비서실장’ 임명에 야당 “악수하자며 따귀 때려”

이재명 대표연임 ‘추대론’ 봇물…원내대표 박찬대 합의 기류

울산동백, 400년 전 일본 건너간 고향꽃 아니었다

목소리 키우는 조국, ‘야권 투톱 경쟁’ 마뜩잖은 민주

윤석열과 박근혜, 그 불길한 도돌이표

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