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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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04:01

'Reconcile our resentment': Boy band Verivery faces...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/30

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. During their two-and-a-half-year hiatus - practically an eternity in the K-pop world - the members of boy band Verivery kept busy, from acting in plays and musicals to one member even placing ninth in Mnet's "Boys II Planet" audition program. But at the end of the day, they agreed that there really is no place like home. The members recently renewed their contracts with Jellyfish Entertainment, choosing to continue as

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04:01

'Reconcile our resentment': Boy band Verivery faces...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/30

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. During their two-and-a-half-year hiatus - practically an eternity in the K-pop world - the members of boy band Verivery kept busy, from acting in plays and musicals to one member even placing ninth in Mnet's "Boys II Planet" audition program. But at the end of the day, they agreed that there really is no place like home. The members recently renewed their contracts with Jellyfish Entertainment, choosing to continue as

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04:15

'The World of Love' shines as indie films have their...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/30

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. A star-studded cast, high profile marketing and a strong opening at the theater - these are all the conventional markers of a box office hit. Korea's latest indie film hit, "The World of Love," didn't have any of those, but still managed to make a splash with its box office reception. The film, directed by Yoon Ga-eun, surpassed the 140,000 mark at local theaters as of Friday, becoming the most-watched indie film of the year

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02:35

Empty yet full: The stone garden of Ryoanji

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/30

Kim Bong-ryeol The author is an architect and a former president of the Korea National University of Arts. A rectangular courtyard bordered by an old earthen wall, streaked with dried moss, frames a sparse composition of gravel and stone. Across the raked surface, stones sit in small clusters of two or three, each surrounded by soft patches of rounded moss. Visitors fill the raised wooden platform along one side of the yard, watching the simple garden in near silence as if waiting for

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04:52

If next year’s budget delivers no real results, only...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/30

Kim Woo-cheol The author is a professor of the Department of Taxation at the University of Seoul and a member of the Reset Korea economic subcommittee. The government's 2026 budget proposal sets total spending at 728 trillion won ($496 billion), an 8.1 percent increase from a year earlier. Expanding the budget at the cost of a large deficit reflects an aggressive fiscal stance that risks overreach. The stated priorities of the plan are strikingly similar to those of the Yoon Suk Yeol

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04:35

Apology for martial law and cutting ties with...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/30

Chang Se-jeong The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. A year ago, Korean politics was locked in a fierce confrontation. The Democratic Party (DP), which had won 175 seats in the April 10 general election, sought to shake the Yoon Suk Yeol administration by filing 29 impeachment motions. Then-President Yoon responded by exercising 25 vetoes, refusing to compromise with the opposition. Public sentiment cooled, and his approval rating slid to 19 percent in the fourth week of

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02:51

Coupang’s massive data breach undercuts national...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/30

Coupang, Korea's largest e-commerce platform, disclosed a major data leak last week affecting 33.7 million customer accounts. The scale surpasses the breach at SK Telecom, which affected 23.24 million people and resulted in the largest fine ever imposed for violations of personal information protection. It is comparable to the 2011 hacking incident that exposed data from 35 million Cyworld and Nate users. The leaked information includes customer names, email addresses, delivery addresses

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03:09

Coupang data breach affecting virtually every user...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/30

This article is by Michael Lee and read by an artificial voice.A major vulnerability in the database of popular online shopping platform Coupang allowed an intruder to access the personal information of more than 30 million users without a valid login, according to Vice Prime Minister and Science and ICT Minister Bae Kyung-hoon on Sunday. Speaking at an emergency meeting with Coupang CEO Park Dae-joon and officials from various ministries at the Central Government Complex in Seoul in the

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04:08

Exclusive: Alaska governor says Korea to join $44B...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/28

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice.[INTERVIEW] Korea will take part in building the pipelines for Alaska's gigantic $44 billion LNG project, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says, with a legally binding agreement to be announced by December. This comes amid Seoul's continued denials of participation, while dovetailing with comments made publicly by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, who argued that a portion of Korea's $200 billion cash investment in the United

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04:46

Korean thrillers highlight female antiheroes in...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/28

This article is by Hwang Jee-young and read by an artificial voice. "I'm going to climb so high that no one can touch me. I want to be reborn at the very top. I don't care if I'm unhappy. I've never been happy in my life." These are the words spoken by Kim Yoo-jung's character Baek Ah-jin in the Tving original series "Dear X." They mirror a new trend happening in Korean thrillers - emotionless, psychologically driven female antiheroes being centered, characters whose controlled expressions

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04:07

At High1 Resort, even whiskey becomes a source of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/28

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. JEONGSEON, Gangwon - "Stare at your glass of whiskey, and examine the emotion that the whiskey's color gives you." At the instructor's cue, participants of a meditation session at High1 Resort in Jeongseon County, Gangwon, lift their glasses of Johnnie Walker Black to eye level. "Just as a clear sky can lift your mood and a dark one can weigh you down, colors offer us a wide range of emotions," said instructor Park Da-som. "So

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04:45

[단독] 알래스카 주지사, “한국 LNG 프로젝트 참여 확실…12월 중 정식 계약 발표”

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/28

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. 한국의 대표 영어신문, 코리아중앙데일리가 특종과 단독 인터뷰를 한글로 요약해 드립니다. 독자들의 많은 성원 바랍니다. 미국 도널드 트럼프 행정부가 추진하는 알래스카 액화천연가스(LNG) 개발 프로젝트 파이프라인 건설에 한국이 최종 참여하는 것으로 확인됐다. 그동안 양 정부는 이 사업에 한국 측 대미 투자 펀드 2000억 달러(290조원)가 투입되는가를 두고 엇갈린 입장을 보여왔다. 마이크 던리비 알래스카 주지사는 지난 26일 코리아중앙데일리와의 전화인터뷰에서 포스코인터내셔널과 철강 공급 및 LNG 구매 관련 본계약이 12월 중에 발표된다고 밝혔다. 던비리 주지사는 "미국 정부와 한국 정부는 이 프로젝트에 대한 한국 측의 정확한 투자 규모, LNG 구매량 등에 대한 논의가 계속되고 있다"면서 "포스코인터내셔널과 이미 의향서를 체결했으며 법적 구속력이 있는 정식

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08:50

[WHY] How facial moles are evolving from superstition...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/28

This article is by Seo Ji-eun and read by an artificial voice. When 29-year-old Park Jin-ah walked into a small tattoo studio in Seoul in early 2021, she wasn't there for a bold design. She wanted a single dot - a tiny mole placed deliberately beneath her left eye - a location traditionally interpreted in Korea as a "tear mole," said to bring emotional turbulence or sorrow. In many countries, a mole is just a mole. In Korea, however, a mole is rarely just a dot - facial moles are read,

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10:44

Creating jobs, changing perceptions: A Chinese...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/28

This article is by Yoon Seung-jin and read by an artificial voice.[Hired in Korea] As more internationals look to build careers in Korea, many find themselves facing practical hurdles - from limited guidance to a lack of firsthand experience. To bridge that gap, the Korea JoongAng Daily talks with professionals who have carved out their paths in diverse fields, offering readers real-world insights on how to start their careers in the country in this series "Hired in Korea." Yuhan Sun, who

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10:44

Creating jobs, changing perceptions: A Chinese...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/28

This article is by Yoon Seung-jin and read by an artificial voice. [Hired in Korea] As more internationals look to build careers in Korea, many find themselves facing practical hurdles - from limited guidance to a lack of firsthand experience. To bridge that gap, the Korea JoongAng Daily talks with professionals who have carved out their paths in diverse fields, offering readers real-world insights on how to start their careers in the country in this series "Hired in Korea." Yuhan Sun, who

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07:40

Euljiro: Old industrial zone blends grit and...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/27

This article is by Lee Jian and read by an artificial voice. [ABOUT TOWN]: Euljiro Seoul is often viewed as a modern, trendy metropolis filled with high-rise buildings, bright billboards and zooming subways. But behind its stylish facade is a more down-to-earth, people's place that goes less noticed. Depending on the part of the city, busy-working locals find solace and joy in sizzling pork belly in an intimate barbecue restaurant, soju shots under a tent, coffee on the roof of a

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04:05

Sun, breeze and books: Seoul’s outdoor libraries draw...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/27

This article is by Cho Jung-woo and read by an artificial voice. After welcoming roughly three million visitors this year, Seoul's outdoor libraries have now closed for the season. This autumn, tens of thousands of readers, Seoulites and international visitors alike, settled into colorful beanbags and chairs under open skies, letting sunlight and breezes accompany their books. Launched in 2022, the program began with locations in central Seoul, including Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Square and

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02:26

Addiction: Stairway to heaven or step toward gates of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/27

The author is a columnist at the JoongAng Ilbo.A contributor to "Addiction" (2022), written by Kim Ji-hyo and others, describes social media as a hierarchy built on visible affection. "It feels like there is such a thing as a face worth a million followers or a face worth a hundred thousand," he says. The number of followers, he adds, shows "how much love I am getting," and becomes a kind of ranking system. "If this were a game, I would be in the gold tier." The collection examines the

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04:52

Preserving Jongmyo's landscape requires more than...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/27

The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. In 1979, real estate developer Donald Trump sought to build Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. To raise the height of his project, he purchased the unused air rights above the neighboring Tiffany building for five million dollars. By applying those rights to his own site, Trump added roughly 20 floors to the tower, a move that American media later estimated generated hundreds of millions of dollars in profit. The mechanism

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04:52

The real cause behind the surge in exchange rate

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/11/27

Lee Sang-ryeol The author is a senior editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. Judging only by the rapid depreciation of the Korean won, the economy appears to be in crisis. The won-dollar rate has climbed above the 1,450 won level only three times: during the 1997-98 foreign exchange crisis, during the 2008-09 global financial crisis and after the Dec. 3 emergency martial law declaration. Now it has happened again, with the won closing at 1,465.6 on Nov. 26. Yet the nature of today's

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