[%%IMAGE1%%]<p>  Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions Chief Vice Chairman Lee Young-cheol (left) and Gwangju South Jeolla Province District Chairman Jung Yang-ok unfurl a banner reading, “Win Standard Workers’ Rights!” on a 30 meter billboard in the Yeongdeongpo District of Seoul on Nov. 11. The demonstration was part of a workers’ campaign that took place all over the capital during the weekend, and which organizers estimated involved 50,000 people. Participants are urging the reform of construction industry employment law, and guarantees for collective bargaining and employment status. (by Kang Chang-kwang, staff photographer)</p>

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[Photo] Construction workers demonstrate throughout Seoul

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

Ten years may have passed since the sinking, but safety conditions in South Korea have shown little in the way of improvement

[Editorial] 10 years on, lessons of Sewol tragedy must never be forgotten

The South Korean public has more than had its fill of Yoon and Han’s brand of politics

[Column] A death blow to Korea’s prosecutor politics

A bolstered US-Japan alliance is rendering the pacifist constitution of the latter a shell of its former self

[Correspondent’s column] The US and the end of Japanese pacifism

It was none other than the government and hospitals that afforded Korea’s residents and interns such immense power that they wield now in their absence from hospitals

[Guest essay] How Korea turned its trainee doctors into monsters

South Korea’s former ambassador to Russia weighs in on the recent deterioration of the two countries’ ties

[Guest essay] As someone who helped forge Seoul-Moscow ties, their status today troubles me

The 32-year-high 67% turnout rate for Wednesday’s elections shows just how disappointed and angry South Korean voters are

[Editorial] Koreans sent a loud and clear message to Yoon

The impassioned calls for “passing judgment” show how frustrated people are feeling with South Korean politics’ inability to move forward

[Column] In Korea’s midterm elections, it’s time for accountability

As a Palestinian, I still remember the first bombing I experienced at 5 years old — unfortunately it was not my last

[Guest essay] At only 26, I’ve seen 4 wars in my home of Gaza

The word “inhumane” is utterly insufficient to describe the acts of savagery that took place under Rhee in Jeju

[Column] Syngman Rhee’s bloody legacy in Jeju

[News analysis] Watershed augmentation of US-Japan alliance to put Korea’s diplomacy to the test

‘National emergency’: Why Korean voters handed 192 seats to opposition parties

Faith the power of memory: Why these teens carry yellow ribbons for Sewol

US grants Samsung up to $6.4B in subsidies for its chip investments there

[Photo] Cho Kuk and company march on prosecutors’ office for probe into first lady

Exchange rate, oil prices, inflation: Can Korea overcome an economic triple whammy?

전체

윤 대통령, 성찰 없었다…민심은 틀렸다는데 “국정 옳았다”

민심 경청하겠다던 윤 대통령, 또 국무회의서 자기 할 말만 했다

폭행당한 건국대 거위 ‘피눈물’…사람 좋아 다가왔을 텐데

방심위, YTN ‘김건희 주가조작’ 사건 보도에 법정 제재

민주 “윤 대통령, 반성 대신 변명만…국민이 사과해야 되나 보다”

다시 찾은 그 바다…“엄마 아빠는 세월호에서 나오지 못하고 있어”

[단독] ‘해병 외압’ 비판→이종섭 통화→번복…군인권보호관의 7일

윤 대통령 “국정 방향 옳아”…총선 참패에도 ‘마이 웨이’

‘출산 페널티’ 이렇게 크다…“경력단절 확률 14%p 차이”

휴대폰 요금 월 7만원→4만원…‘통신 호갱’ 탈출법

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