Strike goes overboard
Medical professors should seek to arbitrate, not exacerbate conflict
With medical school professors shaving their heads and threatening to resign to “protect” their students and trainee doctors, the doctors’ strike has gone to…
How to defend against judicial risks
The controversy over the Democratic Party (DP)’s lopsided nominations of candidates loyal to its leader Lee Jae-myung is being fueled by the uninterrupted victories of candidates who defended Lee and his close ai…
Russia arrests missionary
Putin risks worsening ill reputation
Russia’s recent arrest of a Korean missionary on charges of espionage is feared to further exacerbate already soured relations between Seoul and Moscow. Russia’s foreign ministry said o…
The state arms procurement agency said Friday it has signed a 330.6 billion-won (US$250 million) contract with local defense company LIG Nex1 Co. for the development of a long-range ship-to-air missile by 2030.
The two sides signed the deal Thursday…
A truck driver in his 40s has been booked for investigation on charges of driving recklessly toward a police van escorting opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, police said Friday.
The man is accused of engaging in menacing acts with his 1-ton truck, suc…