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Korean news, compared and examined12 OCTOBER 2026 · MONDAY
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ISSUE 1009 · 12 OCTOBER 2026Four questions of public accountability
World · War and energy · Media analysis

Russian diesel has a licence. Ukraine’s power grid needs guarantees.

The US permission to trade is on paper. Acceptance of the energy truce, the facilities it would protect and its implementation still need to be established. If commercial gains and civilian safety are to count as achievements of the same negotiation, the protection terms must be made public.

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File photograph of Kyiv’s Darnytsia combined heat and power plant, 3 February 2026—not the scene of the October truce announcement. Ministry of Energy of Ukraine / Mev.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0. Resized and compressed for the web.
File photograph of Kyiv’s Darnytsia combined heat and power plant, 3 February 2026—not the scene of the October truce announcement. Ministry of Energy of Ukraine / Mev.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0. Resized and compressed for the web. Image source · Licence
File photograph of house foundation work in Arlington, Massachusetts, dated 2021 in the file description. This is not an LH project. Daderot / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Resized and compressed for the web. Cropped in the issue listing.
File photograph of house foundation work in Arlington, Massachusetts, dated 2021 in the file description. This is not an LH project. Daderot / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Resized and compressed for the web. Cropped in the issue listing. Image source · Licence
South Korea · Public housing · Media analysis

South Korea’s LH should show the costs before asking homebuyers to pay more

The proposed maximum of 9.5% is not an approved increase in home sale prices. The more important question is whether the new allowance would recognise costs already covered. LH and the land ministry should test the competing claims about sustaining supply and shifting costs against the same cost breakdown.

A 2016 stock illustration about data security. It does not depict the Coupang incident or an actual leak screen. Blogtrepreneur / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Resized and compressed for the web. Cropped in the issue listing.
A 2016 stock illustration about data security. It does not depict the Coupang incident or an actual leak screen. Blogtrepreneur / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Resized and compressed for the web. Cropped in the issue listing. Image source · Licence
South Korea · Data protection and corporate accountability · Media analysis

Coupang’s data duties cannot be dismissed with a ‘KRW 5 million versus 400 billion’ comparison

The average fine imposed on 59 individuals and Coupang’s administrative penalty do not show a sentencing gap within the same case. A call for tougher punishment of data thieves does not establish that a company’s duty to safeguard customer information is excessive.

File photograph of a general examination room, taken in 2025. It is not a Korean paediatric hospital or a hospital in this survey, and does not show a closure. Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Resized and compressed for the web. Cropped in the issue listing.
File photograph of a general examination room, taken in 2025. It is not a Korean paediatric hospital or a hospital in this survey, and does not show a closure. Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Resized and compressed for the web. Cropped in the issue listing. Image source · Licence
South Korea · Children’s access to care · Media analysis

South Korea’s paediatric-care policy should count hours of care, not hospital designations

Reports that 43 of 71 responding member hospitals had reduced or suspended care over three years do not establish the current closure rate of hospitals nationwide. Nor does that distinction make the gaps disappear. Government and hospitals should account for actual night-time hours, available inpatient beds and transfer outcomes.

After the announcement, ask who is accountable.

Permission and implementation. Supply and cost. Punishment and protection. Designation and care. This issue compares announced achievements with what people can actually rely on. Read the sources, the verified scope and The EEJE’s argument together.

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