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Corporate Market Power And Consumer Rights

Conglomerates will likely reduce the market share of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) in the used car market but enhance services for consumers.

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Public Doubts around the Government’s Approach to Nuclear Power

Delays with the formal audit of a nuclear reactor raises questions on whether the government is too hastily pushing its green energy platform.

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Long Shadow of the Samsung’s Fight with International Activist Investors

The presence of foreign activist investors may discourage the government from probing into Samsung’s alleged impropriety.

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Seoul Offers Coronavirus Relief Funds to Foreign Residents

The government of Seoul plans to extend emergency relief payments to foreigners in order to ease the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

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History and Demographics Present Policy Dilemmas

South Korean policy makers may be more hesitant to support another supplementary budget over concerns around the nation’s fiscal health.

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Stable Housing Continues to Elude Government

The government’s approach to rising housing cost continues to focus on indirect interventions instead of addressing the fundamental problem of scarcity.

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South Korea’s Response to Migrant Farm Worker Crisis

The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating the need for more migrant agricultural workers, but the government’s stopgap measures are counterintuitive.

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Perennial Struggle Between Labor Rights and Economic Growth

Korea struggles to balance economic growth and labor rights in the service industry amid growing economic headwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Real Estate Remains a Persistent Achilles Heel

Disciplining Seoul’s real estate market remains the issue that consistently catalyzes the most public scrutiny against the Moon Jae-in administration.

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South Korea Seeks to Lead Hydrogen Economy

The public sector is playing a critical role in establishing Korea as a model for transitioning the industry’s power source from fossil fuels to hydrogen.

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