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A proposal that would effectively exempt foreign domestic workers from minimum wage standards will only create bigger problems for Korea

[Editorial] Exploiting foreign domestic workers won’t solve Korea’s birth rate problem

Perhaps Russia and North Korea are contemplating not just building up an alternative world order but further disrupting the current state of affairs

[Column] Kim and Putin’s new world order

Lithium fires are notoriously dangerous and difficult to extinguish — preventive measures could have saved lives

[Editorial] Workplace hazards can be prevented — why weren’t they this time?

What South Korea needs right now is a new diplomatic strategy that focuses on peaceful coexistence with Russia, not a dangerous game of chicken

[Editorial] Seoul failed to use diplomacy with Moscow — now it’s resorting to threats

Perhaps all its bluster about seeking “peace through strength” when it comes to North Korea while keeping hush-hush about the real gravity of the situation may make the administration look strong to outsiders, but it certainly won’t do anything to deter Pyongyang

[Column] Balloons, drones, wiretapping… Yongsan’s got it all!

The international community and South Korean progressives and conservatives alike need to consider how to coexist peacefully with North Korea

[Editorial] It’s time for us all to rethink our approach to North Korea

[Column] Why empty gestures matter more than ever

Diplomatic missteps by Seoul have played a part in Pyongyang and Moscow’s ability to so rapidly bolster their relationship after years of estrangement

[Editorial] Seoul’s part in N. Korea, Russia upgrading ties to a ‘strategic partnership’

Instead of a gesture of good faith, Japan is spitting in a half-empty cup when it comes to relations with Korea

[Column] The tragedy of Korea’s perpetually self-sabotaging diplomacy with Japan

While highlighting the need to install a permanent peace regime on the Korean Peninsula, the former president also took South Korea from the world’s No. 12 military power to No. 6

[Column] Moon Jae-in’s defense doublethink

After 7 years, South Korea resumes live-fire drills on islands a stone’s throw from North

Nuclear South Korea back up for debate as North cozies up to Russia

CIA record confirms US ‘completely destroyed’ Seoul’s Haebangchon in 1950 bombardment

‘Disposable’: How illegal temp work practices push migrants in Korea into risky jobs

Dispatched into unknown danger, foreign day laborers were defenseless against blaze

How 17 km of river could be a fertile bed for NK-China-Russia cooperation

[Reportage] On Yeonpyeong Island, residents fear military drills will snowball into war

Sex trade in Southeast Asia sees increase of Korean males

[Seoul travels] Mullae: a place to get lost and perhaps rediscover yourself

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바이든 “실업률 15% 기억나?” 트럼프 “문제는 인플레야”

국힘, ‘5·18 발언 논란’ 김재원 최고위원 후보 컷오프 취소

박홍근 “윤, ‘좌파언론이 이태원에 사람 몰리게 유도 방송’ 의혹 제기”

무너진 코리안드림…생일날 사준 화장품도 못 써보고 떠난 아내

숨진 41살 쿠팡 기사 “개처럼 뛰고 있어요”…밤샘 주63시간 노동

주말 100㎜ 넘는 장대비 온다…습식 사우나 ‘찜통 더위’

‘위원장 탄핵’ 앞둔 방통위, 공영방송 3사 이사 선임계획 의결 강행

“속풀이로 무슨 비빔밥이냐고? 먹어보고 말을 혀”

[단독] 노동부, 아리셀 ‘고위험 사업장’ 지정하고 손놨다

박지성 “안 맞았으면 축구 더 잘했을 것”…손웅정 논란 속 재조명

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