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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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03:55

Hyundai’s hydrogen obsession shows no signs of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/04

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. GOYANG, Gyeonggi - Hyundai's fixation on hydrogen borders on the unprecedented, as the company presses ahead despite mounting costs even while rivals retreat from the technology over shaky profitability. Having introduced the world's first mass-produced hydrogen vehicle in 2013, the Korean automaker recently unveiled a fully redesigned Nexo SUV, extending nearly three decades of relentless investment in an energy source that

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03:01

Bigger 2026 budget for 'K-culture' and programs as...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/04

This article is by Lim Jeong-won and read by an artificial voice.The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's budget for 2026 has been finalized at 7.86 trillion won ($5.36 billion), an 11.2 percent increase from this year's budget, the ministry announced Wednesday. The Culture Ministry said Wednesday that the budget was approved at the plenary session of the National Assembly on Tuesday. The budget allocation focuses on developing Korean content into a national strategic industry as

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01:55

Shinsegae Property to debut smaller community-focused...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/04

This article is by Noh Yu-rim and read by an artificial voice. Shinsegae Property will debut its first Starfield Village on Friday in Paju, Gyeonggi, unveiling a scaled-down mall model built around books, play space and community use. Starfield Village Unjeong will act as the pilot site for Starfield's new community-focused model, Shinsegae Property, a subsidiary of retailer Emart, said Wednesday. The company positions the model as a neighborhood shopping space that layers family-oriented

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02:46

HD Hyundai outlines future growth strategy, targeting...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/04

This article is by Lim Jeong-won and read by an artificial voice. HD Hyundai has established its future growth strategy and implementation road map, aiming to achieve 100 trillion won ($68 billion) in group sales within the next five years, the world's largest shipbuilder said Thursday. HD Hyundai said Thursday that it held a group management strategy meeting at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan between Wednesday and Thursday. The meeting was attended by 32 executives from HD Hyundai

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03:48

The Korean talent and heart behind 'Zootopia 2'

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/04

This article is by Jung Hyun-mok and read by an artificial voice. The film "Zootopia 2" is proving to be a major box office hit, having become one of the top 10 worldwide releases of 2025 within a week of its release. Behind its success are several Korean animators who helped shape the sequel nearly a decade after the first movie. The film opened in Korea on Nov. 26 and drew 2.26 million moviegoers in just six days. Its global ticket sales have already surpassed $556.4 million, driven by

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04:33

Korea’s retirees exit work in their early 50s, face a...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/04

This article is by Kim Yeon-joo and read by an artificial voice. A recently-ended television drama following a middle-aged man who is pushed out of his workplace uses fiction to describe an ever-growing economic reality: Many Koreans now leave their primary careers in their early 50s, then spend years scrambling for lower-paid, less stable work. JTBC's "The Dream Life of Mr. Kim" follows Kim Nak-su, a corporate manager who accepts so-called voluntary retirement after refusing to fire his

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07:05

Tourists take to Korea's fresh-look, fast-delivery...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

This article is by Lee Jian and read by an artificial voice.Kylie DeLonge, a tourist from Australia, had been overdue for new prescription glasses - but she decided to wait a few weeks until her trip to Seoul. "I'd seen posts about how fast and affordable it could be to get them in Korea," she told the Korea JoongAng Daily via messages. When she landed in March, DeLonge headed to an optical shop in Myeongdong, the city's shopping district, where an optician did a quick free eye exam to

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05:00

High liquidity rates creating economic policy challenges

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

This article is by Park Yu-mi and read by an artificial voice. Korea faces an economic slowdown that calls for expansionary fiscal policy, but the government has to navigate a market that is already saturated with record levels of liquidity. The excess cash pushes up inflation risks, weakens the won and deepens the gap between policy rates and market rates, complicating the government's next steps. Korea's broad money supply (M2) reached 4.4 quadrillion won ($2.9 trillion) in September,

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06:28

Samsung is sending Snapdragon S26s to the U.S. Why...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. [NEWS ANALYSIS] Samsung's decision to bring back its Exynos processor for next year's Galaxy S26 lineup is sparking backlash in Europe and Asia, including in Korea, markets where handsets will be mounted with Exynos models - long criticized for lagging behind Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips, which are headed to North America - reigniting longstanding complaints about unequal treatment. Despite this skepticism, Samsung is moving

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02:27

1888 and 1988

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

Ko Jae-hyunThe author is a professor at the School of Semiconductor and Display Engineering at Hallym University. Imagine a government program that says, "We will give you 100 million won [$68,000] in public funds. Use it to pursue whatever question you find most compelling." At first, it may sound unrealistic, but such a program exists for a specific group: researchers in basic science. Each year, the government solicits proposals for research projects and selects at least several

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05:07

More than half of Koreans born in the 2000s now call...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

Sohn Hae-yong The author is the business news editor of the JoongAng Ilbo. A senior executive at a midsize company, identified as A and now 54, recalled that his high school alumni gatherings have shifted from Busan to Seoul. The reunions usually attract about 10 classmates, split evenly between those living in the greater Seoul area and those who remain in Busan. Because of that balance, they had long met in cities like Daejeon or Cheonan. But the pattern changed. "When we checked where

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04:56

Is there still hope for conservative politics?

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

Jang Deok-jin The author is a professor of sociology at Seoul National University. When election day comes, broadcasters prepare extensive election-night coverage. If the presidential election were held on Dec. 4, the day this column appears, viewers would likely see slogans such as "Dec. 4: The People's Choice?" or "Choice 2025." But is an election truly a matter of choice? Choice and judgment appear similar, yet differ in important ways. We often say voters "choose," but elections may

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03:07

Fiscal alarm grows as lawmakers push through a 728...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

Parliament passed next year's 728 trillion won ($497 billion) budget on time for the first time in five years, drawing praise for restoring the statutory deadline. The bipartisan deal suggested a rare moment of cooperation after months of confrontation. However, its substance raises doubts about whether the National Assembly can be trusted to safeguard the country's public finances. The familiar practice of inserting local projects into the budget appears to have been one factor behind the

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02:21

LG Innotek to display autonomous vehicle and EV...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

This article is by Paik Ji-hwan and read by an artificial voice.LG Innotek will showcase 35 integrated hardware and software solutions for autonomous vehicles and EVs at CES 2026 in Las Vegas in January 2026, aiming to position itself as a leading provider in the era of AI-powered mobility. The company said on Wednesday that it will unveil its latest products under a dedicated "future mobility" theme at the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, where CES 2026 will run from Jan. 6

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02:07

Samsung SDI receives grand prize at Korea Technology...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

This article is by Lim Jeong-won and read by an artificial voice. Samsung SDI has received the ministerial-level grand prize at the Korea Technology Awards, held as part of the 2025 Korea Tech Festival on Wednesday, in recognition of its innovations in enhancing energy storage system (ESS) safety and reducing costs. The award was presented by Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources at the 2025 Korea Tech Festival at Coex in southern Seoul, according to the company. Samsung SDI

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02:49

'Queen of romance' Gong Hyo-jin ready to step out of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

This article is by Jin Eun-soo and read by an artificial voice. But this time, she's also ready to step outside her comfort zone. "I think romantic comedies are what I do best, and at one point, I even told others that it was the only thing I was good at," Gong said in a recent interview with local media to promote her latest film "The People Upstairs." "Have I taken on intense roles, like a lawyer, or done period dramas? Not really. I recently started trying out action, something I never

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07:42

First look inside UAE’s ‘beacon of identity’ as...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. ABU DHABI, the United Arab Emirates - Six decades after oil catapulted a cluster of desert sheikdoms into the modern United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi is now betting on a different kind of power through a narrative that began long before the oil and aims to endure long after it. On Saadiyat Island, once a quiet stretch of sand at the city's edge along the Persian Gulf, an entire cultural district is rising from the

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03:29

Ha Jung-woo goes 'all the way' with steamy R-rated...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/03

This article is by Jin Eun-soo and read by an artificial voice. "The thing I heard the most about my previous works was that some of the lines were inaudible and also that I should've gone further in terms of the storyline - and those two things stressed me out a lot," said Ha in an interview with local media. Ha starred in and directed "The People Upstairs," a remake of the 2020 Spanish flick "Sentimental." "So this time, I decided to go all the way in the level of expression, not caring

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06:25

With youth employment dropping, students look to...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/02

This article is by Kim Min-sang, Lee Bo-ram and read by an artificial voice. As Korea's semiconductor industry enters a new hiring boom, semiconductor-focused Meister High Schools are emerging as rare bright spots in the country's weak youth job market, posting near-perfect employment rates and drawing intense competition from students and parents. A Meister school is a type of vocational high school in Korea designed specifically to train highly skilled professionals who can enter the

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04:30

AI juror taps Korean AI film 'Zero' for honor as...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/02

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. [INTERVIEW] AI can search, write and even make films - but this time it wasn't creating, it was judging. For the first time ever, AI served as a juror in a film festival and selected a film as an award winner. That honor went to Korean director Oh Dong-ha's short AI film, "Zero," a near-future drama about an AI novelist outperforming human literary ability. In an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily, Oh admitted he never

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