‘One team’ spirit needed for economic recoveryThe Bank of Korea (BOK) last week held the base rate steady at 3.5 percent. The fourth straight instance of inaction underscores the central bank’s dilemma in rate-setting due to the vulnerability of the e…
Medical workers’ strikeGovernment and unionized medical workers need to hammer out compromiseUnionized medical workers ended their two-day strike Friday, a relatively brief walkout. However, it caused operational disruption at hospitals and much incon…
President Yoon Suk Yeol was set to preside over a disaster response meeting Monday upon his return from a weeklong trip to Europe that included visits to Lithuania and Poland and an unannounced stop in Ukraine.The planned meeting of the Central Disast…
Asiana Airlines Inc. canceled one international roundtrip flight Sunday, days after its unionized pilots announced plans to launch a strike next week, officials said.South Korea’s second-largest air carrier notified passengers of the cancellation of t…
The Johor state government’s efforts to relieve congestion at the Johor Causeway here and at the Second Link (Linkedua) in Iskandar Puteri, have succeeded in saving commuters at least two hours of travel time.Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi …