Business & Economy 5 March 2021 LG Chem Defeats SK Innovation in the EV Battery Duel in the US Court The two South Korean giants of EV batteries have been litigating each other in the United States.
Featured Society 20 February 2021 “Outsourcing Death”: the Plight of the Workers in the Pandemic Tech Era Sorting boxes in the subscription economy comes at the cost of lives.
Business & Economy 16 February 2021 Poll: South Korean Public Divided on Samsung Heir Prison Term Sympathy for Lee Jae-yong was split along the partisan line.
Featured Business & Economy 10 February 2021 LG Looking to Quit the Smartphone Business An ignominious end for the company that once led the cellphone trend as recently as mid-2000s.
Featured COVID-19 3 February 2021 Celltrion on Its Way to Coronavirus Cure Celltrion is the largest South Korean pharmaceutical company by market cap.
Featured Business & Economy 29 January 2021 Significant Increase in Penalty for Industrial Disasters South Korea had the highest death rate from industrial accidents in the OECD for 23 years in a row.
Featured COVID-19 28 January 2021 KAIST Develops World's First Mobile Negative Pressure Clinic The entire module with four chambers can be deployed in 15 minutes.
Featured Business & Economy 25 January 2021 Record Estate Tax Likely to Trigger Samsung Restructuring Lee Kun-hee's KRW 12t estate tax bill will likely push the founding family to sell their stakes.
Featured Business & Economy 20 January 2021 South Korea’s Pandemic Economy: a G7 Powerhouse Optimized for the COVID Era Korea had more top 100 companies for 2020 than any other country except US and China.
Featured Society 7 January 2021 Rich Gyeonggi-do, Poor Gyeongsang-do: Inequality by Region The area that envelops Seoul is likely to lead the political opinion, while the southeast is falling behind.
Featured COVID-19 5 January 2021 Crack in the Armor: South Korea’s Pandemic Response Slips in the Third Wave The Korean government has been walking the tightrope of fighting the virus and saving the economy. Now, it is at risk of falling off.
Op-Ed 29 December 2020 Make Seoul Great Again? Shifting Rationale for Capital Relocation The previous reasons for relocating the administrative capital are becoming less persuasive.
Featured National Assembly 28 December 2020 "The Foundation of Our Society is Changing": Dems Flex Their Legislative Supermajority We summarize the top 20 most important laws out of the 130+ passed in the 2020 legislative session.
Featured Business & Economy 22 December 2020 Motorized Scooters to be Regulated, Belatedly Traffic accidents involving motorized scooters have increased 40-fold since 2017.
Featured Blue House 21 December 2020 It’s the Real Estate, Stupid: the Moon Jae-in Administration at the Crossroads TBR said in August: “The real estate issue . . . may well define the course of the Moon administration’s remaining two years.” Four months later, here we are.
Featured Business & Economy 16 December 2020 World's First eSports TV Station to Shut Down The rise of internet-based video platforms such as Twitch, as well as eSports content created by videogame companies themselves, crowded out OGN’s broadcasts over cable TV.
Featured Op-Ed 10 December 2020 Bridging the Gap: LNG and Korea’s Pursuit of Carbon Neutrality Natural gas helps with South Korea's carbon footprint, but it is not enough.
Featured Business & Economy 3 December 2020 Korean Air in Talks to Acquire the Troubled Asiana Airlines COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster for South Korea's second largest air carrier.
Featured Business & Economy 26 November 2020 More Litigious Business Environment Ahead Major reforms in the Commercial Act and Class Action Act will introduce large class action suits with punitive damages.
Featured Business & Economy 20 November 2020 Can’t Take it With You: Lee Kun-hee’s Estate Tax The estate of South Korea's richest man will be facing a very large tax bill.
