January 30, 2024

Yoon vows to do more to preserve Buddhist heritage

SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a Buddhist New Year’s gathering Tuesday and pledged to do more to better preserve Buddhist and other religious heritages.

The gathering co-organized by the Association of Korean Buddhist Orders and the Buddhis…

(EDITORIAL from Korea Herald on Jan. 30)

When the Bank of Korea announced last week that the country’s real gross domestic product inched up just 1.4 percent in 2023, the reaction from policymakers and the media remained largely the same: dismay and concern.

Although the figure is technica…

(EDITORIAL from Korea JoongAng Daily on Jan. 30)

The Democratic Party (DP) has started to discuss putting the controversial proportional representation system to a full vote of its members to clear all the confusion, with only 70 days left before the April 10 parliamentary elections. Rep. Chung Che…