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  EDITORIAL: Hanwha Solutions' capital raise signals a deeper balance sheet fault line SEOUL, April 11 (AJP) — What derailed Hanwha Solutions’ planned rights offering was not disclosure alone. It was scale — and what that scale revealed. The 2.4 trillion won ($1.8 billion) capital raise, already one of the largest of its kind, carried a more troubling signal beneath the surface: 62.5 percent of the proceeds were earmarked for debt repayment. Markets did not see a growth story. They saw a balance sheet approaching its limits. The Financial S April 10, 2026
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  OPINION: A fragile truce, a stubborn strait — and a long test ahead Thirty-nine days after the United States launched its operation against Iran, dubbed “Epic Fury,” Washington and Tehran agreed to halt attacks for 14 days and begin talks on ending the war. The deal clears an immediate hurdle — but little more. The two sides have remained adversaries for nearly 50 years. Expecting a sweeping agreement within two weeks is unrealistic. The agenda alone is daunting: reopening the Strait of Hormuz, trading limits on April 10, 2026
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  OPINION: Governance question lingers behind Korea's market rollercoaster Market volatility has become the norm in 2026. The KOSPI index is liable to shoot up and down any moment, as global analysts watch for hints of supply chains either being freed or tied up amid the conflict in the Middle East. Just before the fighting started, Korean stocks were riding an unprecedented surge. Airstrikes on Iran began in same week that an artificial intelligence boom helped the KOSPI cross the 6,000 level for the first time ever, just 250 days after surpassing 3,000. April 9, 2026
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  OPINION: Hormuz and the hidden logic of Iran's strategy The airstrikes have paused - for now. But wars rarely end when the shooting stops. They evolve. Language replaces firepower, and interpretation becomes a battlefield of its own. The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran appears, on the surface, to signal de-escalation. In reality, it looks more like the opening move of a more calibrated contest. Within hours of the agreement, both sides accused each other of violations, while sending conflicting signals over the April 9, 2026
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  OPINION: War without order and reason The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran has entered its sixth week, with no clear end in sight. What began as a show of force has instead evolved into a grinding conflict, disrupting global energy flows, rattling markets and exposing the fragility of international order. Each morning, attention turns less to the battlefield than to Washington — to President Donald Trump’s shifting rhetoric, deadlines and threats. Policy, i April 9, 2026
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  OPNION: BOK chief nominee Shin faces immediate test Shin Hyun-song’s nomination as the next governor of the Bank of Korea has been broadly welcomed by markets, reflecting confidence in both his credentials and temperament. In my own brief encounters with him, he left a strong impression of humility — a trait not always associated with figures of global stature. Few would dispute that his theoretical grounding and practical experience rank among the best. Notably absent so far is the kind of envy or backlash April 8, 2026
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  OPINION: America's wars — and the strategy it never had President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a war with Iran looks less like strategy than reflex — the latest in a long line of interventions driven by misjudgment rather than necessity. Wars, by definition, should be rare instruments of policy, deployed only when anchored in a clear global strategy. Yet recent history suggests the opposite: they are easy to start, and exceedingly hard to finish. The war in Ukraine already proved that point. Even so, Washi April 7, 2026
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  OPINION: Korea's Hanwha Group investment in time The strength of a company is not captured by numbers alone. Revenue, profit, assets and market capitalization reflect performance in a given moment. But how a company chooses to engage with the world — the philosophy it lives by — emerges outside those figures. This is why building schools and nurturing people carries a different weight. It is not merely an act of corporate social responsibility. It is a statement about how a company understands the future &mda April 6, 2026
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  OPINION: April remains the cruelest month T.S. Eliot once called April the cruelest month, for it forces life out of dead land. There is something unsettling about renewal. Beauty, when it returns too quickly, exposes what has been lost. This April, the world stands once again before that line. War is no longer a distant headline. In Iran and across the Middle East, conflict spills beyond borders, touching countries that once stood at the periphery. In Ukraine, now in the fourth year of war, cities, power grids, April 4, 2026
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  Flutist Jihee Han's musical journey: A culmination of heritage and artistry SEOUL, April 04 (AJP) - In the world of classical music, a debut album often serves as an introduction to a young artist's potential. However, flutist Jihee Han’s recently released album under the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label feels more like a profound culmination of a lifelong dedication to her craft. Han’s artistic foundation was deeply influenced by her family environment. Her late father, Sang-bum Han, a respected senior executive at Korean Air, was kn April 4, 2026