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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

Galaxy XR hands-on: Samsung’s lighter, cheaper answer...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/22

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice.Samsung Electronics is crashing into the extended reality (XR) race with a bang, unveiling a headset that's sleeker, lighter - and dramatically cheaper - than its competitor Apple's Vision Pro. What dampened consumer excitement headfirst for the Apple device was its staggering price - starting at $3,499 for the 256-gigabyte model - a sticking point that drew more attention than its immersive technology, sleek design or overall

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02:35

Self-rotating tires, volume-controlling seatbelts —...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/22

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. Omnidirectional tires, license plates that provide secured contact, and volume-controlling seatbelts - these aren't ideas from a futuristic concept film, they're real innovations unveiled Wednesday at Hyundai Motor's 2025 Idea Festival. Every year, Hyundai Motor's engineers gather at the Namyang R&D center in Gyeonggi to reveal their latest tech. One team, ANT Lab, assembled small modular wheels into a single, unified tire

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03:59

S-Oil’s $7B Shaheen project nears completion, hopes...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/22

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. ULSAN - Aramco-backed S-Oil's Shaheen project in Ulsan is roaring ahead, with some 11,000 workers swarming the vast site Tuesday morning - a rare scene of momentum and purpose in a petrochemical landscape otherwise marked by stillness and doubt. Four towering vertical structures, each standing 68 meters tall - roughly the height of a 25-story apartment building - rise in pairs. This is the world's largest steam cracker by

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05:02

Lights blinding at Oasis's long-awaited 'spiritual'...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/22

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. GOYANG, Gyeonggi - "It was biblical," declared Liam Gallagher of Oasis, his voice carrying through the crisp night air over a roaring crowd of Korea. "Spiritual." On a chilly Tuesday night, the Britpop legend commanded a sea of 55,000 fans who packed the massive three-tiered Goyang Stadium in Gyeonggi to its limits for a reunion more than a decade in the making. Aside from the grand fireworks that burst in full force at the

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03:10

Korea’s urea dependency on China deepens despite...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/22

This article is by Na Sang-hyeon and read by an artificial voice. From January to September, Korea imported 252,102 tons of industrial and automotive urea, with 62.4 percent coming from China, an 82.4 percent increase from a year earlier, according to data from the Korea International Trade Association. Vietnam followed with 26.6 percent, Japan with 5.8 percent and Qatar with 3 percent. Urea is the key ingredient in diesel exhaust fluid, which reduces nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel

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01:57

Samyang Foods to reintroduce beef tallow ramyeon for...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/22

This article is by Bae Jae-sung and read by an artificial voice. Samyang Foods will reintroduce a ramyeon fried in beef tallow for the first time in 36 years, launching a new product named "Samyang Ramen 1963" to commemorate the release of Korea's first instant noodles. The company plans to unveil the product in November, according to industry sources on Tuesday. The ramyeon uses beef tallow in the frying process, a traditional method that defined early Korean instant noodles, and is

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04:24

Despite sustained weakness of won against dollar,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/22

This article is by Kim Kyung-hee and read by an artificial voice. The Korean won closed at 1,427.8 to the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, marking its 11th consecutive trading day above the 1,400 mark. The won weakened by 8.6 won from the previous session. It has remained above 1,400 since re-entering that territory on Sept. 30. A currency as weak as the 1,400 won level often sets off alarm bells in Korean financial markets, recalling past crises like the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the 2008

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04:15

Samsung union favors cash bonuses over proposed stock...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/22

This article is by Shim Seo-hyun and read by an artificial voice. What happens to workers when a company's stock price doubles in three years? Unless someone has bet against their own company, most employees would welcome the news. It can be a source of pride - a sign they contributed to the company's growth. Add stock rewards worth 70 to 100 million won ($48,910 to $69,880) per person, and it sounds like a best-case scenario. But some are arguing the opposite - that a doubling of the

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05:31

Popcorn out, prayers in: A movie theater in Seoul...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/22

This article is by Lee Jian and read by an artificial voice. In a darkened movie theater in Seoul, over 100 people sat facing a blank movie screen as the soft chime of crystal singing bowls filled the chamber. This unusual gathering at CGV Dongdaemun wasn't for a film but for a 90-minute "urban temple stay" - a modern meditation program bringing Buddhist practice into the city. "Practicing Buddhism begins with learning to see reality as it is," said Buddhist monk Seon Il, who was leading

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05:31

Popcorn out, prayers in: A movie theater in Seoul...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/22

This article is by Lee Jian and read by an artificial voice. In a darkened movie theater in Seoul, over 100 people sat facing a blank movie screen as the soft chime of crystal singing bowls filled the chamber. This unusual gathering at CGV Dongdaemun wasn't for a film but for a 90-minute "urban temple stay" - a modern meditation program bringing Buddhist practice into the city. "Practicing Buddhism begins with learning to see reality as it is," said Buddhist monk Seon Il, who was leading

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04:46

'Combines mass appeal and artistic value': K-pop goes...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/21

This article is by Choi Min-ji and read by an artificial voice. From viral children's jingles to K-pop chart-toppers and game soundtracks, Korea's pop culture hits are making a grand entrance onto the classical stage - and it's not just a novelty. Orchestras are now playing "Baby Shark" (2015), and the future of entertainment branding may be listening. The Pinkfong Company marked the 10th anniversary of its beloved character Baby Shark on Sept. 19 by releasing an orchestral version of the

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06:55

Hyundai hits a pothole on the road to robotaxis as...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/21

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. As autonomous driving technology races ahead - with companies like Waymo and Baidu accelerating at breakneck speed - Hyundai Motor's long-touted vision and hefty investment face a critical moment of reckoning. Hyundai had repeatedly walked back its plan to equip the 2023 Kia EV9 and Genesis G90 with Level 3 autonomous technology due to ongoing technological limitations, but even more telling is its lag in the service-driven

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02:30

The woman of Bube has died

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/21

Kim Dong-ryul The author is a professor at Sogang University. When I first arrived in Seoul for university, the city's streets were filled with signs I had never seen before. Schwabing, Copacabana, Acapulco, Okavango - each evoked an exotic world I could only imagine. Near the entrance to Insa-dong stood a café barely large enough for two people, called Tirol. Yet I didn't know what any of these names meant. Today, a simple question to AI would solve the mystery. But in the 1980s, there

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04:16

Korea must read the global tide where AI meets security

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/21

Suh Sang-duk The author is CEO of S2W and former visiting professor at Konkuk University President Lee Jae Myung vowed to make Korea one of the world's top four defense powers during a Defense Industry Development Forum on Oct. 20. In his Armed Forces Day speech earlier this month, he also emphasized the importance of integrating advanced technologies - AI, drones and robotics - into modern defense systems. The growing role of AI in national defense and security is undeniable. In the war

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04:47

The Oct. 15 real estate plan: A circuit breaker for...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/21

Park Sun-young The author is a professor of economics at Dongguk University. Each time news breaks about another surge in Seoul apartment prices, a sentence by the late novelist Park Wan-suh comes to mind. In a 1989 column, she wrote, "I am a very timid person. When asked where I live, I hesitate. It is because I live in an apartment whose price has doubled in a year. When I quietly calculate the unearned income, I am seized by the fear that the society I belong to is going insane." Her

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03:14

Japan’s new prime minister must uphold...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/21

Sanae Takaichi, the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected on Oct. 21 as the country's 104th prime minister, becoming Japan's first female leader since the introduction of its parliamentary cabinet system in 1885. Though she won the LDP leadership on Oct. 4, she faced a political crisis after the Komeito Party - LDP's coalition partner for 26 years - withdrew from the alliance. Takaichi secured the premiership by forming a new coalition government with the

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01:53

HD Hyundai Chair to deliver keynote address at APEC...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/21

This article is by Park Young-woo and read by an artificial voice. Chung Ki-sun, the chairman of HD Hyundai, will deliver the keynote address at the "Future Tech Forum: Shipbuilding" event held on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. HD Hyundai said on Tuesday that Chung is scheduled to speak at the forum, which will run for four days starting from Oct. 27. His speech will focus on the future of shipbuilding, with a particular emphasis on HD Hyundai's core technologies -

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01:09

'I only asked for money once': Blogger doubles down...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/21

This article is by Yoon So-yeon and read by an artificial voice. A blogger who claimed to reveal lewd chats with Lee Yi-kyung refuted assertions by the actor's agency that she was lying. The blogger, who claimed to be a German woman, uploaded a video where she showed that the message she shared with an account named Lee Yi-kyung was linked to the actor's official Instagram account. The video was a rebuttal of a statement by Sangyoung ENT, Lee's agency, which called the blog a lie, after

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02:32

Asia-Pacific Music Summit highlights rise in indie...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/21

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. While K-pop acts such as BTS and Blackpink still dominate global perceptions of Korean music, the country's indie scene is steadily carving out its own place in the international spotlight. "Beyond the mainstream, Korea's indie and alternative scenes are thriving," noted Marty Ro, the vice chair of Record Label Industry Association of Korea (LIAK), during the Asia-Pacific Music Summit on Tuesday. "The indie market has grown

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03:39

More women than men donate organs in living donor...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/21

This article is by Rhee Esther and read by an artificial voice. A total of 13,552 living donors gave organs between 2020 and August 2025, based on data submitted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, minor liberal Rebuilding Korea Party Rep. Kim Sun-min, a member of the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee, revealed Monday. Of those donors, 6,965, making up 51.4 percent, were women and 6,587, making up 48.6 percent, were men - a difference of 378 in favor of women. The gender

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