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A farewell to Kim Young-hie

Kang Tae-uk The author is an opinion editor of the Korea JoongAng Daily. My eternal mentor Kim Young-hie — the legendary journalist in Korea on par with the late Helen Thomas not only in terms of his seemingly never-ending car

2020-01-16

Chasing the trends to survive

Minyoung Son CPG Analyst at Nielsen Korea As of June 2019, the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market turned to negative growth by -0.5 percent at 33.5 trillion won ($29.7 billion). The main market dragger was the non-food market, whic

2019-12-29

Avoiding the elephant in the room

James Copeland Assistant professor, Hongik University jamiejcopeland@yahoo.co.uk Once again a Korean government is chasing its own tail over an effective (and just) education policy. Last week it was announced that the top 16 universit

2019-12-02

Letters to the editor

James Constant Former editor at the Korea JoongAng Daily The Jeffrey Epstein case could be bigger than Watergate — as long as it isn’t swept under the rug. The suspicious death in jail of the convicted pedophile and alle

2019-08-19

Refute from Iranian Embassy

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran According to the news article “In Seoul, Bolton Talks Middle East Navigation” published in the Korea JoongAng Daily on July 25, claims that Iran is responsible for attacks on Japanese and Danish tanke

2019-08-01

Time to inhale Cola?

Minyoung Son Market analyst at Nielsen Korea Upon drawing on it, a refreshing feeling of the sparkling drink filled my nose with the taste of cola. When the cola-flavored smoke penetrated my lungs, I smacked my lips to savor the l

2019-07-11

Letters to the editor

Federica Mogherini High representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy and vice president of the European Commission As we celebrate the first International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace on 2

2019-04-25

Letters to the editor

Dennis Fitzgerald Melbourne, Australia Young people have almost given up reading books, at least physical ones and are now getting their stories from Twitter and Facebook — or at least 140 characters of the story. There

2019-04-22

Letters to the editor

Federico Failla Italy’s ambassador to Seoul I wish to bring to your attention that the article “Rise of Korean Mafia” (March 19, 2019) is grossly inaccurate on the increase of the Italian GDP in 1987. The article is, indeed, based on

2019-04-02

In memory of George H.W. Bush

George H.W. Bush, the U.S. president from 1989 to early 1993, recently passed away. To most Koreans, he may seem like a character from the distant past, but he had a great impact on the Korea of today. He worked hand in hand with Roh Tae-woo to ope

2018-12-06