Minimum wage talks strained from the get-go (KOR) As labor seeks a 16.3 percent hike, businesses warn that another sharp increase could deepen pressure on small firms and low-paid workers alike. 2026.6.24
Minimum wage talks strained from the get-go As labor seeks a 16.3 percent hike, businesses warn that another sharp increase could deepen pressure on small firms and low-paid workers alike. 2026.6.23
Moon administration allegedly manipulated housing data The previous Moon administration in South Korea allegedly manipulated government statistics, particularly for housing and economic data, according to the Board of Audit and Inspection. 2023.9.17
Moon's blacklist lands former ministers, secretaries in court Prosecutors indicted five former Moon Jae-in administration officials on charges of abusing their authority to force governmental figures to resign. 2023.1.19
Rush to carbon neutrality The global push for carbon neutrality by 2050 has failed. The G20 summit in Rome ended Sunday without being able to specify a deadline for zero emissions. Major developed nations, including host Italy, proposed 2050, but Russia,... 2021.11.2
A retreat of democracy In his speech at the National Assembly on Sept. 8, Rep. Yun Ho-jung, floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), praised the Moon Jae-in administration’s accomplishments such as the K-style disease control and prevention... 2021.9.13
Learning from the Tories Britain’s Conservative Party suffered a historic defeat in the May election in 1997. A month later, the party made a dramatic move in the party leadership primary, as 36-year-old William Hague was elected new party head. It was a... 2021.8.17
Moon vs. Macron The number of job aspirants has hit a record high. Over 1.5 million young Koreans are without decent jobs upon graduating from school, or one out of every three or four. The sighs of the young must have reached across the... 2021.7.27
Defector and former diplomat work together to protect human rights in North Human rights violations in North Korea have worsened during the Moon Jae-in administration, says former South Korean diplomat Kim Suk-woo and Lee Ae-ran, a defector from the North, who are also leading major civic groups on North Korean human... 2021.6.9
BAI reports Seoul's education superintendent for corrupt practices The Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea (BAI) announced Friday that it had reported Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon to police over allegations of power abuse and corrupt practices in hiring teachers in Seoul... 2021.4.25
![Choi Dal-young, first deputy secretary general of the Board of Audit and Inspection, speaks during a press briefing on the state audit agency's request for investigation on former top officials of the previous Moon Jae-in administration held on Friday in central Seoul. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11280214.jpg?imageId=11280214&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former Trade Minister Paik Un-gyu is pictured in the Daejeon District Court in this file photo from June 7, 2022. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10991531.jpg?imageId=10991531&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Lee Ae-ran, standing representative of the North Korean Human Rights Union, and Kim Suk-woo, chairman of the Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights, stand in front of a painting of Pyongyang by artist Hwang Chang-bae (1947-2001), the first South Korean artist to visit the North. In a recent interview with the JoongAng Ilbo, the two long-time activists on North Korean human rights stressed the importance of protecting the human rights of defectors and North Korean people prior to the future unification of the two Koreas. [CHANG SE-JEONG]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10219559.jpg?imageId=10219559&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Choe Jae-hyeong, chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea, speaks during a meeting at the National Assembly last July. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11765402.jpg?imageId=11765402&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)