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Building a better future together
Oped, Park Yongmin, Published on 28/10/2025
» In just a few days, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held in Gyeongju, the Republic of Korea, from the Oct 31 to Nov 1. As this year's host, Korea is working its final preparations to welcome delegates from 20 member economies, including Thailand, to ensure a successful and productive outcome.
Inside rightist YouTube world embraced by Yoon
News, Ju-min Park and Tom Bateman, Published on 17/12/2024
» When South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol cited claims of election hacking and "anti-state" pro-North Korean sympathisers as justification for imposing a short-lived martial law, right-wing YouTuber Ko Sung-kook had heard it before.
Free trade in green goods needed
Oped, Albert Park & Jong Woo Kang, Published on 02/08/2023
» International trade has boosted economic growth in many countries, especially those without abundant natural resources or fixed capital. In addition to creating opportunities for cross-border specialisation, trade has made it possible to import cheap consumer goods, intermediate inputs for manufacturing, and capital equipment. This is especially true in Asia and the Pacific, which accounted for 35% of global trade in 2020, up from 25% a decade earlier.
Push for online ID law a mistake
News, Kyung Sin Park, Published on 14/06/2021
» News that the Thai government may be considering implementing an internet real name law for social media platforms, to monitor so-called fake news and online harms, is alarming. I know because my country, South Korea, tried the same thing a decade ago and I was part of the process that lead to it being struck down by the Constitutional Court as unconstitutional in 2012.
Huawei ban puts South Korea in a familiar place
News, Ju-min Park & Heekyong Yang, Published on 31/05/2019
» Less than a week after Huawei Technologies was blacklisted by the United States, more than a hundred South Korean politicians and business leaders toured the Chinese tech giant's headquarters and its lavish new campus outside Shenzhen.
Hopes for nuke deal not over yet
News, Ju-min Park & Joyce Lee, Reuters, Published on 04/03/2019
» North Korean state media on Friday brushed over the lack of a summit deal for leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump, focusing on constructive talks and signalling Pyongyang was not about to walk away from negotiations.
Myanmar minimum wage and employment contracts: Steps towards HR management modernization
Suyoun Park, Consultant, Tilleke & Gibbins Myanmar, Published on 06/12/2018
» As Myanmar steadily develops after rejoining the global economic community, foreign investors are becoming more and more interested in doing business there, thanks, in part, to the low cost of labour and high potential for growth. Any investor interested in doing so however should be aware of the speed of legal change there, and be careful to keep up-to-date.