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Sat, September 19, 2020 | 20:47

More manpower for delivery workers

Some 4,000 parcel delivery workers announced Thursday they would boycott the sorting of parcels starting Sept. 21. They account for 10 percent of the employees of major delivery companies. Should they embark on collective action, the delivery market will suffer chaos ahead of the busy Chuseok holiday period. The workers have been calling for additional workers to lessen workl...

2020-09-18 17:27

Brazen-faced lawmaker

A ruling party lawmaker cannot avoid responsibility for his mismanagement of Eastar Jet. He should not try to pass the buck on to the budget airline's employees. What he must do now is to humbly admit to the allegations about his deep involvement in unfair business practices and illegalities.

Park Yoon-bae2020-09-17 17:28

Rise of non-contact trade

Amid the unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic, export patterns are also changing. Korean companies' “non-contact” exports through remote bargaining have sharply increased recently. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said that 131 businesses concluded export contracts worth 21.3 billion won ($18 million) through video negotiations in the first half of this year.

2020-09-17 17:28

US sanctions on Huawei

The United States began to impose additional sanctions on Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Sept. 15. The sanctions ban the supply of semiconductors made with U.S. equipment, software or design to the Chinese firm without prior approval from the U.S. government. This shows the United States is determined to remove Huawei from the market.

2020-09-16 17:40

Inflated assets

In just the span of five months, 175 legislators who newly registered their wealth showed an aggregate increase of 170 billion won above what they filed as candidates in the April 15 election. To be more specific, 105 legislators led that increase; and 15 of them recorded increases of 1 billion won or more. Just three legislators in the top 3 rankings of declared assets accou...

Kim Ji-soo2020-09-16 17:39

Japan's leadership change

Japan will have a new leader Wednesday after Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga won a landslide victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election Monday. Suga is certain to be elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote.

Park Yoon-bae2020-09-15 17:24

An icon in the movement to realize justice for women drafted for sexual slavery before and during World War II, and now a ruling party lawmaker has been indicted for fraud and embezzlement. Prosecutors found evidence behind the allegations that Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Youn Mee-hyang unlawfully took 360 million won ($304,000) from the government, and used 100 millio...

Kim Ji-soo2020-09-15 17:23

Minister's lame excuse

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae has expressed regret over allegations that she exercised her influence to get her son special favors during his mandatory military service. On Sunday she said, “I feel sorry to the people for causing worries due to my son's issues amid the COVID-19 pandemic.” But she stopped short of an apology.

Shim Jae-yun2020-09-14 17:14

Temporary easing

The government eased social distancing for Seoul and its surrounding area by half a notch to Level 2, Monday. It is a limited two weeks of easing, down from the Level 2.5 measures of the past two weeks. The caveat is that distancing efforts will be further strengthened from Sept. 28 as a special 14-day antivirus period will be introduced for the approaching Chuseok holiday.

Kim Ji-soo2020-09-14 17:13

Abe's militaristic proposal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has issued a statement proposing that Japan develop the capability to stage pre-emptive strikes on enemy bases. On Friday, he stressed the need for such a capacity to defend his country against any imminent enemy attacks. As for the reasons for the first-strike capacity, Abe cited North Korea's growing missile and nuclear threats and China's...

Park Yoon-bae2020-09-13 17:10

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