[%%IMAGE1%%] Jang Bong-kun　South Korean President Lee Myung-bak operates an excavator that reads “skyrocketing prices,” “low interest” and “high exchange rate,” with a person representing large corporations.President Lee scoops up working-class people, saying, “Why is it that the prices have not been kept down, but only the lives of the common people have been made worse?”The Lee administration has been criticised for increasing inflation through its business-friendly economic policies. It belatedly said Wednesday that it will consider a freeze on college tuition and other public service fees.(Hankyoreh Geurimpan Jan. 6)

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

[Column] Season 2 of special prosecutor probe may be coming to Korea soon

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

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

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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

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After election rout, Yoon’s left with 3 choices for dealing with the opposition

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Noting shared ‘values,’ Korea hints at passport-free travel with Japan

Why Kim Jong-un is scrapping the term ‘Day of the Sun’ and toning down fanfare for predecessors

Two factors that’ll decide if Korea’s economy keeps on its upward trend

South Korea officially an aged society just 17 years after becoming aging society

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

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