[Editorial] Dealing With ‘Bubble’ in Pharmaceutical Prices    Korean health and medical organizations have filed a formal petition asking for a reduction in the price of pharmaceutical treatments made by multinational companies and as paid by insurance. It is the first time anyone has called for the cost of specific pharmaceuticals to be reduced, and [...]

[Editorial] Saemangeum Decision Needs to Be Reason for Hope    Today (Thursday) the Supreme Court is going to bring a historic conclusion to the 15-year controversy over Saemangeum. In a rational society, they would not have left the decision about a massive state-funded project like Saemangeum land reclamation to a decision by the judicial branch. [...]

[Editorial] Three Years of Killing in Iraq    Three years is almost 1,100 days. During that much time an average of two U.S. soldiers has died in Iraq each day. An estimated 50 Iraqi insurgents have died daily as well. Maybe the U.S. will say it is an “efficient” war when 25 insurgents die for [...]

[Editorial] FTA With USA, Not a Question of ‘Confidence’    During a format called “Internet Dialogue with the People” on Thursday, president Roh Moo Hyun said the “key cause of economic disparity is the real estate gap,” and that while some people in certain quarters don’t take the August 31 Real Estate Measures seriously, they [...]

[Editorial] Gov’t Hid Fact About U.S. Policy Interference    It has been revealed that the United States government has been calling the shots at a “working group” between our government and Korean and international pharmaceutical companies. Since 2002 and until the end of last year an official from the U.S. embassy has been attending the [...]

[Editorial] Policies That Threaten Nat’l Health Insurance    There are policies and debates sprouting up all over the place that threaten the basis of the national health insurance program, and it makes you have serious doubts about the Participatory Government’s medical policy. It was just recently that they decided to permit for-profit medical institutions in [...]

[Editorial] Disclose Everything About FTA Negotiations    Former presidential aide for economic affairs Jeong Tae In has created a stir by revealing the hidden story about the government’s pursuit of negotiations with the United States on a free trade agreement (FTA). He recently went to the president and described in strong terms the dangers of [...]

Korean and US NGOs Position Paper on the copyright issues in the Korea-US FTA Negotiation We strongly oppose the inclusion of the copyright clause in the current FTA negotiation between Korea and the United States. Considering the FTA that the United States negotiated with Singapore, Australia, and Chile, and what the United States has been [...]