Commentary / World Apr 21, 2022
Yoon Suk-yeol’s next opponents: Housing and jobs
by Keun Lee
If President-elect Yoon Seok-youl takes the wrong approach to key issues, the country may be unable to avoid a Japanese-style “lost decades.”
Commentary / World Dec 24, 2021
East Asia’s 'Squid Game' economies
by Keun Lee
Nowadays, South Korean capitalism seems more noxious — perhaps because it has been converging with the liberal Anglo-Saxon model, with its weak investment, slow growth and high inequality.
Commentary / World Nov 1, 2016
Park Geun-hye crisis fans Korean lost decade risks
by William Pesek
President Park's links to the Rasputin of Korea make her a lame duck leader and kills off chances for reform.
Commentary / World Aug 10, 2015
S. Korea's economy still not ready for prime time
by William Pesek
Seoul has made little progress prodding the industrial conglomerates that dominate its economy to embrace global business practices.
Editorials Jun 18, 2015
South Korea need to flexibly mobilize fiscal and monetary policy tools to boost its flagging economy.
Commentary / World Jan 28, 2015
Starting South Korea's new growth engines
by Lee Jong-Wha
With a new economic strategy that nurtures more diversified sources of growth, while reducing the country's excessive reliance on exports and large enterprises, South Korea can reinvigorate and sustain strong growth.