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[Editorial] Appointer in chief

Every president has his or her own style. Moon Jae-in is no exception, and his appointments of senior administration officials have distinguished him from past presidents. First, Moon -- unlike his ...

May 23, 2017
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[Editorial] Conflicts over THAAD

When it comes to resolving conflicts with China over the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense antimissile system, South Korea appears to have little elbow room. Chinese President Xi...

May 22, 2017
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[Editorial] Another vital task

There are some issues President Moon Jae-in has been prioritizing in his first weeks as the chief executive. They include job creation, the security threat from North Korea, relations with neighborin...

May 21, 2017
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[Editorial] Reform, not purge

As President Moon Jae-in said, it is time to reform the prosecution. A recent scandal involving senior prosecutors adds to the urgency to overhaul the nation’s top law-enforcement authority. The sc...

May 19, 2017
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[Editorial] Summit diplomacy

President Moon Jae-in has kick-started summit diplomacy with the dispatch of special envoys. Special envoys to the US and Japan are already on visits to the countries, and an envoy to China departed...

May 18, 2017
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[Editorial] Harmony or hegemony?

A president’s relationship with the opposition in his first months in office is crucial for setting a new administration to work. It’s even more the case if that president was elected with less than ...

May 17, 2017
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[Editorial] Hopes and concerns

Moon Jae-in’s first week as president exposed both positive and negative aspects, raising hopes and concerns about the decisions he will make over his five-year term. Having taken the national leade...

May 15, 2017
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[Editorial] Screen out pledges

The Moon Jae-in administration’s decision to launch the policy planning and advisory committee which will work as a transition team was appropriate and necessary. For a government inaugurated witho...

May 14, 2017
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[Editorial] Thorough preparation

The Korea-US summit talks are reportedly expected to be held in the US next month. During a Wednesday phone call between the two state leaders, US President Donald Trump said he would officially invi...

May 12, 2017
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[Editorial] Political honeymoon

The 19th presidential election in which liberal Moon Jae-in took power marks another evolution of Korean democracy. Most of all, it is the second conservative-to-liberal transition of power. The fir...

May 11, 2017
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[Editorial] Open-minded leadership

President Moon Jae-in asked the Democratic Party of Korea on Tuesday to work with him to accomplish two overarching missions: reform and integration. He vowed to eradicate longstanding evils on his ...

May 10, 2017
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[Editorial] Fresh start

Moon Jae-in’s election ended the leadership vacuum caused by the first-ever impeachment of a sitting president and restored liberal government rule after a nine-year absence. The overwhelming victory...

May 9, 2017
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[Editorial] Every vote counts

Koreans are going to the polls to elect a new president with the hope the person they choose this time will be different from -- better, to be exact -- those in the past. The abnormality of the elec...

May 8, 2017
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[Editorial] US bill on NK

The US House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday to impose the toughest ever US sanctions on North Korea. The bill penalizes companies supplying crude oil, natural gas, jet fuel and o...

May 7, 2017
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[Editorial] End blackout

With only three days to go to polling day, the presidential election is in its final stretch, and the candidates are pulling all their resources together to muster support behind their campaign. Vot...

May 5, 2017
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