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Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea

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Audio recordings of the Korea JoongAng Daily"s in-depth, on-the-scene news articles and features informing readers around the world of the issues of the day in Korea. Under the slogan "Your window to Korea", the Korea JoongAng Daily is an English-language news organization focused on Korea that strives to publish factual, timely and unbiased articles.

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04:10

Korea Zinc to build $7.4B smelter in Tennessee in...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/15

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice.Korea Zinc will invest $7.4 billion to build a smelting facility in Tennessee, in a move under which the U.S. government itself will take the unusual step of investing directly in a foreign private company. Aimed at a shared goal of reducing reliance on China, the world's largest zinc smelter approved the plan at a board meeting on Monday, positioning the project as the first tangible case of cooperation between Korea and the

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01:51

GS25 to introduce two new delivery services for...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/15

This article is by Noh Yu-rim and read by an artificial voice. GS25, the local convenience store chain operated by GS Retail, announced Monday that it will launch two new delivery services beginning Dec. 29, both of which guarantee next-day delivery for parcels received before 6 p.m. The names of the services each translate into "Next Day Half-Price" and "Next Day Courier." "Next Day Half-Price" follows the same format as GS25's existing low-price delivery service, requiring customers to

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05:03

Hyun Bin, Jung Woo-sung lead star-studded Disney+...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/15

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. Seeing Hyun Bin and Jung Woo-sung together was enough to generate buzz for Disney+'s upcoming series "Made in Korea." But its star-studded lineup doesn't end there - it also includes Cho Yeo-jeong, Woo Do-hwan and Jung Sung-il, all of whom are widely popular and praised actors in Korea. "I think this may be the most fun I've ever had working on a project," said director Woo Min-ho, who also helmed hit films like "Harbin" (2024)

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03:13

LS Cable & System to build $689M recycled copper...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/15

This article is by Park Hae-lee and read by an artificial voice. LS Cable & System is making another major investment in the United States with a large-scale rare-earth magnet manufacturing facility in Chesapeake, Virginia. The company, which is already building a 1 trillion won ($677 million) submarine cable plant in Chesapeake, announced on Friday that it will invest an additional $689 million to build a facility that will produce recycled copper and rare-earth magnets. The facility will

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01:43

Lotte Group to acquire site of Lotte New York Palace...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/15

This article is by Kang Ki-heon and read by an artificial voice. Lotte Group will acquire the site of the hotel Lotte New York Palace in Manhattan for $490 million as part of broader efforts to secure long-term operational stability for the hotel and strengthen its global brand value, Lotte Hotels & Resorts announced on Monday. Lotte Hotels & Resorts acquired the five-star then-New York Palace Hotel in Manhattan in 2015. However, it only purchased the building and has continued to pay rent

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04:37

Samsung's TriFold sells out in Korea, but low margins...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/15

This article is by Yi Woo-lim and read by an artificial voice. Samsung Electronics' breakthrough trifold smartphone is selling like crazy, but a high production cost that leaves almost no room for profit margin has kept the company from popping champagne bottles just yet. In fact, consumers have been lining up outside Samsung Electronics stores around the country to get their hands on Samsung's latest technological achievement, the Galaxy Z TriFold, during its launch. Even at temperatures

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10:00

Modern hanbok and Maori wisdom: How New Zealand's...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/14

This article is by Seo Ji-eun and read by an artificial voice. Seoul's ambassadors are often gastronomes keen to share a taste of their home cuisine. In this series, the Korea JoongAng Daily asks the diplomatic corps to introduce our readers to their favorite restaurants representing cuisine from their homelands, while chatting about issues of interest to our Korean and global audience. - Ed. "He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." This Maori whakatauki (proverb),

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05:02

Neighbours chef-owner Lee Keewuk brings fine-dining...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/14

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. Shin Heung Art Market in central Seoul's Haebangchon was originally a bustling traditional market that opened in 1969. It serviced the local area through the 1980s but stood abandoned for decades until a wave of young creatives moved in. Now it's one of Korea's coolest hangout spots. Among the creatives is chef-owner Lee Keewuk of Neighbours, a brunch cafe by day and a bistro serving wine and cocktails by night. Born and raised

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02:52

Coincidence or revelation? The line of St. Michael

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/14

The author is an architect and a former president of the Korea National University of Arts. Archangel Michael is revered as the supreme commander of the heavenly host, a divine warrior who defeats the forces of evil. Across medieval Europe, monasteries and churches were dedicated to this guardian angel. Among them, seven sites have long attracted particular attention for forming an almost perfectly straight line stretching from Ireland to Israel, a phenomenon venerated as the "Line of St

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05:40

Korea’s national strength and making a Korea–Japan...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/14

The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. In Mapo District in western Seoul stand two institutions that symbolize the twin pillars of Korea's modern history: industrialization and democratization. The Park Chung Hee Memorial Hall and the Kim Dae-jung Library occupy the same neighborhood, a physical proximity that recently led their representatives to convene a joint academic conference. The theme was "Korea-Japan relations opened by Park Chung Hee and broadened by Kim

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06:12

Power and the tripwire of fairness

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/14

The author is a senior columnist at the JoongAng Ilbo. In 1982, researchers at the University of Cologne in Germany published the results of a three-year psychology experiment known as the ultimatum game. In it, one participant - the proposer - was given between four and 10 Deutsche marks and told to divide the money with another participant - the responder - however they wished. If the responder accepted the offer, the money was split accordingly. If the responder rejected it as unfair,

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02:45

Gag order? Prosecutors demoted after protesting...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/14

Senior prosecutors who objected to the decision to abandon an appeal in the first trial of the Daejang-dong development corruption case have been pushed aside in what critics call retaliatory personnel moves by the Justice Ministry. In a reshuffle that took effect on Dec. 15, the ministry reassigned three prosecutor general-level officials - Park Hyuk-soo of the Daegu District Prosecutors' Office, Kim Chang-jin of the Busan District Prosecutors' Office and Park Hyun-cheol of the Gwangju

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00:03

White House grants Korean seasoned gim duty-free status

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/14

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03:55

Why Seoul?: Biance Censori, Ye’s wife, makes art...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/13

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice.Bianca Censori has been in the blurred space of architect, muse and tabloid sensation. Thrust into global attention after her marriage to the controversial rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye, the Australian architect-turned-celebrity has just stepped into a new artistic realm: performance art. And for her debut, Censori chose Seoul. Why the Korean capital? While Ye had a couple of high-profile visits to Korea for a surprise

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08:21

East Asian triangle in flux: Taiwan up, Japan back,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/12

This article is by Jang Won-seok and read by an artificial voice. The U.S.-China power struggle is reshaping the economic landscape of the East Asian "JaKoTa" triangle - Japan, Korea and Taiwan - with Taiwan rising rapidly on the back of its overwhelming strength in the semiconductor foundry sector. Japan, meanwhile, appears to be emerging from its "lost three decades" - a period of economic stagnation - while some argue Korea is now facing a crisis of its own. Taiwan's exports in November

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11:01

[WHY] Engagements that don't start with a proposal:...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/12

This article is by Michael Lee and read by an artificial voice. Just before sunrise on Aug. 16 last year, Kim Kyo-hee felt a nudge on her shoulder. Kim, who was due to fly to Hong Kong that morning, assumed it was her boyfriend of two years waking her to make sure she wouldn't miss her flight. But as she turned around in bed, she saw him on one knee beside her, holding up a ring. "The way he proposed felt so sweet and intimate," she recalled. "We took a photograph while we were still in

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03:13

Exclusive: Newmark, known for ties to Trump's inner...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/12

This article is by Park Eun-jee and read by an artificial voice.Newmark, a New York-based real estate advisory firm known for its ties with U.S. President Donald Trump's inner circle, has officially launched operations in Korea, placing the firm in direct competition with existing players including CBRE, JLL and Cushman & Wakefield. Operating more than 170 offices globally, Newmark is widely considered a leading real estate advisory and brokerage firm. The firm's market clout is linked to

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05:03

50% of couples married five years or less don't have...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/12

This article is by Ahn Hyo-seong and read by an artificial voice. Half of couples in Korea who have been married for one to five years do not have children, and dual-income spouses who do not own a home are especially less likely to have kids, according to new data released by the Ministry of Data and Statistics on Friday. The figures also showed eight out of 10 married couples are in debt, and their liabilities exceed twice their income. As of last year, there were 952,000 couples in

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02:52

Hyundai vice chairman seeks to assure staff after...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/12

This article is by Kim Hyo-seong and read by an artificial voice. Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chairman Chang Jae-hoon sought to steady staff on Friday after the abrupt resignation of Song Chang-hyeon, a senior executive who oversaw the group's software and autonomous driving strategy, telling employees the automaker would press ahead with key projects without disruption. "The transition to a software-driven mobility company is a nonnegotiable goal tied to the group's survival and future,"

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04:43

For actor Jeon Do-yeon, Netflix's 'The Price of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/12

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. Netflix's recently released series "The Price of Confession" stars Cannes-winning actor Jeon Do-yeon as An Yun-su, a woman falsely accused of murdering her husband. Yun-su's fight to prove her innocence came with a price, not just in the story but for the actor herself, Jeon said - a steep one she never expected when accepting the role. "When I decided to take the role, I hadn't seen the full script, so I didn't realize it would

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