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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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03:44

Korea's iconic Kancho cookies go viral with 40th...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

This article is by Noh Yu-rim and read by an artificial voice. Kancho cookies are flying off shelves after Lotte Wellfood released a 40th anniversary edition engraved with names, turning the long-loved chocolate snack into a viral sensation. "Initially, we considered printing positive words like 'love' and 'thank you' or drawings of cultural heritage sites on the Kancho cookies," said Noh Hye-rim of Lotte Wellfood's biscuit marketing team, who came up with the idea. "But in the end, we

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02:50

A geometric park in the city: Parc André Citroën

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/28

Kim Bong-ryeol The author is an architect and professor emeritus at the Korea National University of Arts. On the Left Bank of the Seine in Paris's 15th arrondissement once stood the Citroën automobile factory. When production moved elsewhere in 1970, the fate of the site became a subject of long debate. In 1985, the city launched an international design competition for a "park for the 21st century" on 14 hectares of this land. The jury made the unusual decision to select two winners -

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04:44

Closing prosecutors’ offices must not harm citizens

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/28

Cha Jin-a The author is a professor at Korea University Law School The government and ruling Democratic Party (DP) recently decided to abolish the nation's prosecutors' offices, citing the abuse of prosecutorial authority and political bias. The decision did not come as a surprise. The process had begun years earlier when the legislature curtailed prosecutorial authority, stripping prosecutors of their supervisory power over police investigations and narrowing their direct investigative

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05:22

Trump’s Unequal Investment Demands: A Threat to Korea

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/28

Lee Ha-kyung The author is a senior columnist at the JoongAng Ilbo. Henry Kissinger, the late U.S. secretary of state, cowrote "The Age of AI and Our Human Future" (2021) with Eric Schmidt and Craig Mundie, and in that work he references the Finnish national epic "Kalevala" (1835). In that story, the immortal blacksmith Ilmarinen, at the demand of an old sorceress, forges the Sampo, a magical mill that produces endless gold and treasure for its owner. The story was used as an allegory to

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02:41

Battery fire exposes vulnerabilities in Korea’s...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/28

A lithium-ion battery fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) in Daejeon disabled 647 e-government systems, halting services such as online civil applications, mobile ID and postal functions. The disruption left citizens struggling with delays in everyday transactions that had come to rely on digital platforms. The NIRS integrates and manages information systems for central ministries, local governments and public institutions, serving as the backbone of the digital

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05:33

Artifacts strut the runway at National Museum’s...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/28

This article is by Lee Jian and read by an artificial voice. History came alive - literally - on Saturday at the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan District, central Seoul. Human embodiments of ancient Korean artifacts, such as pottery, jewelry, Buddha statues and paintings, strutted down a red-carpet runway in styles true to their original forms - gliding, scuttling or crawling on all fours - as thousands cheered from the museum's outdoor plaza steps. "I thought it was hilariously

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04:32

SNUH researchers develop world's first injective cure...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/27

This article is by Nam Soo-hyoun and read by an artificial voice. Korean researchers have developed the world's first gene-editing injection that can correct mutations causing hereditary deafness, offering new hope for children who have relied only on hearing aids or cochlear implants. "Mom, if I do this, can I get better too?" Several months ago, nine-year-old Seo-jun (alias), who has lived with congenital hearing loss and relied on hearing aids all his life, asked his mother this

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02:46

All 386 battery packs at gov't data center destroyed,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/27

This article is by Choi Jong-kwon, Kim Bang-hyun and read by an artificial voice. "All 384 battery packs installed on both sides of the air-conditioning and humidity control system in the fifth-floor IT room have been destroyed," Kim Ki-seon, head of the Yuseong Fire Station and chief of the emergency response unit, said Saturday. "The IT room housed battery packs and servers, and we believe the servers have also been damaged." The second through fifth floors of the National Information

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02:26

Operations remain halted for 647 government systems...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/27

This article is by Kim Min-wook and read by an artificial voice. "The fire was extinguished only on Saturday morning, and the heat inside the affected server room has yet to dissipate fully," NIRS Director Lee Jae-yong said at a briefing in Seoul on Saturday. "We have not yet begun restoration work." Lee added that the timeline for recovery remains uncertain. "We will only be able to determine how long it will take once we inspect the servers and begin restarting them. It's too early to

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02:23

Zhang Lu's 'Gloaming in Luomu' takes top prize as...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/27

This article is by Jung Hyun-mok and read by an artificial voice. The top prize for Best Film went to Chinese director Zhang Lu's "Gloaming in Luomu", which follows a woman who travels to the remote village of Luomu in southwestern China after receiving a postcard from a boyfriend who had disappeared three years earlier. The story unfolds as she traces the remnants of their past love. Known for his warm and subtly humorous storytelling, Zhang was praised for his exploration of life's

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04:01

Gov’t raises alert to highest level after fire at...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/27

This article is by Hyeon Ye-seul and read by an artificial voice. It also elevated response protocols at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters. A fire caused by a lithium-ion battery explosion in the data center's fifth-floor server room in Yuseong District in Daejeon was extinguished 10 hours after it broke out at around 8:20 p.m. on Friday evening. The fire has disrupted server operations, restricting access to several public services, according to the Ministry of

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10:35

[WHY] Nothing is fair in specs and war: how Korean...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/26

This article is by Lim Jeong-won and read by an artificial voice. Just last week, seven of Korea's biggest conglomerates announced that they plan on hiring around 40,000 new workers this year. College students and prospective job seekers should be celebrating. But are they? It is notoriously difficult to get a job as a young college grad these days. One thing that stands out in the Korean job market, however, is the "spec war": students and job seekers building up "specs" - short for

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02:00

DB Insurance acquires U.S.-based specialty insurer...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/26

This article is by Kim Seon-mi and read by an artificial voice. DB Insurance announced Friday that it acquired The Fortegra Group, a U.S.-based specialty insurer, for 2.3 trillion won ($1.63 billion), marking the first time a Korean insurer has purchased a U.S. insurance company - and the largest overseas merger and acquisition by a Korean insurance firm to date. DB said in a regulatory filing that it signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Fortegra's outstanding shares from its

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02:38

Forex trading to be open 24 hours as Seoul makes MSCI...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/26

This article is by Kim Kyung-hee and read by an artificial voice. Korea will extend domestic foreign exchange (FX) market hours to 24 hours and allow foreign investors to settle won transactions offshore in a move to make the currency more accessible to global traders. The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced Friday that it will pursue these reforms as part of efforts to join the MSCI Developed Markets Index, a key global equity benchmark. The move came after President Lee Jae Myung,

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03:31

At Int'l Student Fair, experts talk recruitment,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/26

This article is by Yoon Seung-jin and read by an artificial voice. At the International Student Fair (ISF) Forum held on Thursday at Sejong University's Gwangjin campus in eastern Seoul, education experts discussed strategies for attracting international students and the need to standardize university support systems, with strong emphasis on ways to retain students. "It's time for recruiters to pivot from maximizing headcount to curating student diversity," said Rezia Usman, the regional

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04:22

For Park Chan-wook, 'No Other Choice' had to happen —...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/26

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. After over two decades, Korean auteur Park Chan-wook's latest black comedy "No Other Choice" reunites the director with actor Lee Byung-hun, coming together for the first time since their last collaboration on Park's 2000 film "Joint Security Area." Yet this long-awaited reunion might never have happened had the director pursued the project earlier. "Over the past 25 years, we often met, and every time Lee says that we should

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04:19

For Park Chan-wook, 'No Other Choice' had to happen —...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/26

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. After over two decades, Korean auteur Park Chan-wook's latest black comedy "No Other Choice" reunites the director with actor Lee Byung-hun, coming together for the first time since their last collaboration on Park's 2000 film "Joint Security Area." Yet this long-awaited reunion might never have happened had the director pursued the project earlier. "Over the past 25 years, we often met, and every time Lee says that we should

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03:35

Arctic Economic Council chief praises Korean...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/26

This article is by Jang Won-seok and read by an artificial voice. TROMSO, Norway - Mads Qvist Frederiksen, director of the Arctic Economic Council (AEC), said demand for ice-breaking liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers is likely to rise in the near term as Arctic routes open, followed by growing demand for eco-friendly vessels. "The Korean companies are world leaders in shipbuilding for Arctic oceans," he said. Established at a 2014 senior officials' meeting of the Arctic Council (AC),

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04:33

Korean gov't ready to break the ice on Arctic...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/26

This article is by Jang Won-seok and read by an artificial voice. The Korean government is stepping up preparations for the era of Arctic shipping, increasing budgets, hiring more personnel and launching a new command body dedicated to the project. Work has already begun on a pilot voyage scheduled for next year. But challenges remain, including developing a viable business model and addressing environmental concerns. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Thursday it recently

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05:53

Will smart glasses be the next ubiquitous device in...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/25

This article is by Hong Sang-ji and read by an artificial voice. The race to determine the next dominant personal device after the smartphone is heating up, with smart glasses emerging as the most promising contender. Tech giants like Meta and Google are actively investing in the space, touting smart glasses as the future of computing. Smart glasses are equipped with cameras and microphones that enable real-time multimodal data collection - capturing both visuals and audio - making them

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