The Korea Herald

Truckers go on strike, but no major disruptions reported

Social affairsOct 10, 2016

Unionized cargo truck drivers started a general strike midnight Monday, but no major disruptions were reported as of early afternoon due to lower than expected participation. Local authorities and t...
Chinese fishing boats sink a Korean coast guard vessel

Social affairsOct 9, 2016

South Korea on Sunday filed a protest against China after two Chinese boats illegally fishing in Korean waters sank a Korean coast guard boat in their attempt to flee. According to Incheon Coast Gua...
Second-language helps multicultural children identify as Korean: study

Social affairsOct 9, 2016

Using both languages of the parents helps children from multicultural families to identify as Koreans, research revealed Sunday. “Many multicultural families in Korea seem to believe that sticking t...
Typhoon death toll rises as restoration gets under way

Social affairsOct 6, 2016

Thousands of soldiers, public servants and relief workers were deployed Thursday to southern regions devastated by the most powerful typhoon to hit Korea in October. With gusts of up to 56.5 meters ...
Agricultural Minister receives cheap loan from Nonghyup: lawmaker

Social affairsOct 5, 2016

Agricultural Minister Kim Jae-soo borrowed money from a local bank run by the farmers’ cooperative at an unusually low interest rate, a lawmaker revealed Wednesday. According to Rep. Wi Seong-gon of...
At least 5 dead, 5 missing after Typhoon Chaba hits Korea

Social affairsOct 5, 2016

At least five people died and five more are missing after Typhoon Chaba swept through the lower part of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, the safety ministry said. Jeju Island and the southwestern...
[Antony Davies, James R. Harrigan] Fed’s near-zero rates can’t last forever

ViewpointsSept 30, 2016

The Federal Reserve has held interest rates at near zero for so long that many have forgotten that near-zero rates are not normal. And when we finally do return to normal, there’s going to be a very ...
[David Ignatius] What good foreign policy looks like

ViewpointsSept 30, 2016

The pathway to compromise is never easy to find, at home or abroad, but it was visible in Colombia this week in the peace agreement that ended a 52-year guerrilla war. What opened this route was good...
[Jeffrey Frankel] Voting for a better US political system

ViewpointsSept 26, 2016

The American political train has gone off the rails, and it seems farther than ever from getting back on track. There has been a lot of finger pointing, with commentators blaming issues like gerryman...
[Editorial] Do not pardon Edward Snowden

ViewpointsSept 26, 2016

The movement to pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden is picking up momentum, with human rights groups, editorial boards, the Libertarian candidate for president and some former intelligence officers hopp...
[Pana Janviroj] Asia heading toward a seismic changeover

ViewpointsSept 26, 2016

In a decade’s time, visitors to Southeast Asia, as well as South and Northeast Asia, may find their personal experiences in their respective destinations differ quite drastically. Each Asian nation ...
[Michael Farren] Taxis, regulators must adapt for industry

ViewpointsSept 26, 2016

Some dinosaurs escaped extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period 65 million years ago by evolving into birds. Taxi companies around the United States face a similar cataclysm today -- thanks to ...
[David Ignatius] Leaders of Egypt, Iran have qualms

ViewpointsSept 26, 2016

What do the presidents of Egypt and Iran, two countries across the Sunni-Shiite chasm in the Middle East, have in common? A lot, it turns out, including preoccupation with their internal stability an...
[Editorial] Weak spot in North Korea‘s weapons program

ViewpointsSept 2, 2016

Barack Obama and Xi Jinping have obvious disagreements over how to handle North Korea’s illicit weapons program. China is angry about US plans to deploy advanced missile defenses in South Korea to co...
[J. Bradford DeLong] Economic trend is our friend

ViewpointsSept 2, 2016

These are days of grave disillusionment with the state of the world. Sinister forces of fanatical, faith-based killing -- something that we in the West, at least, thought had largely ended by 1750 --...