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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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01:26

Chipotle plans its first Asian restaurant locations...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

This article is by Shin Min-hee and read by an artificial voice. SPC Group confirmed Thursday that it will launch Chipotle Mexican Grill's first Asian locations in Korea and Singapore next year. The group's affiliate Big Bite Company secured the exclusive rights to operate the U.S. food chain in the two countries after establishing a joint venture with Chipotle, called S&C Restaurants Holdings. This marks Chipotle's first overseas expansion through a joint venture. The locations for the

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03:37

Large firms set to cut hiring in H2 on global...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

This article is by Jeong Jae-hong and read by an artificial voice. Korea's large companies are set to scale back hiring in the second half of the year compared to a year earlier, according to a survey released Thursday. The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) surveyed 121 companies among the country's top 500 by sales, among which 62.8 percent said they either had no plans to hire or had yet to decide, up 5.3 percentage points from 57.5 percent a year ago. Within that group, 24.8 percent

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01:52

Hyundai will become first Korean department store to...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

This article is by Lim Jeong-won and read by an artificial voice.Hyundai Department Store is opening a three-month pop-up store in Taiwan's Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store on Oct. 1, marking the first time a Korean department store has launched a pop-up store in Taiwan. The pop-up store will run until Dec. 25, Christmas Day, at Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Xinyi Place A11 in Taipei near the main entrance. Eleven Korean brands will be showcased on a rotating basis, including Stand Oil, which

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01:58

Kospi sets fresh all-time high on chips, batteries

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

Shares opened higher on Thursday, heading to set a new all-time high, as investor sentiment was boosted by overnight gains on Wall Street, driven by growing hopes for a rate cut by the Federal Reserve and a rally of artificial intelligence shares.The Kospi added 20.16 points, or 0.61 percent, to 3,334.69 in the first 15 minutes of trading, breaking the record high of 3,314.53 posted the previous day. Overnight, the S&P 500 closed 0.3 percent higher and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite

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09:34

Thai envoy urges greater public awareness of foreign...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

This article is by Seo Ji-eun, Lee Soo-jung and read by an artificial voice. [AMBASSADOR'S TABLE] 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. Korea is now home to more Thai expatriates than almost anywhere

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09:13

For Eythos, Frieze proves art fair logistics is an...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

This article is by Lee Jian and read by an artificial voice. [INTERVIEW] Art exists to be seen. But before it can be admired on the walls of a fair or gallery, it has to be moved. There was a time, decades ago, when artist Kim Tschang-yeul's paintings of waterdrops were rolled up and carried in the suitcase of an apprentice traveling from his Paris studio to Seoul. As Kim became one of Korea's most celebrated and valuable contemporary artists, that casual process gave way to something far

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02:22

Library

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

The author is a professor at the School of Semiconductor and Display Engineering, Hallym University.During the hot summer, I often found myself visiting the Chuncheon City Library near my home. It was my first time there since the facility opened eight years ago. The building, surrounded by low wooded hills, offered a striking design and cool, open interiors that made reading comfortable. I was struck by the large number of older patrons, which reminded me of the importance of cultural

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04:14

Good education is built by parents and teachers together

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

The author is president of the Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations A shocking incident occurred recently at a middle school in Gyeonggi. A student, dissatisfied with the way a class was being conducted struck a teacher with a baseball bat, breaking his ribs. At an elementary school in Busan, another student pulled a teacher's hair when she tried to break up a fight between classmates. In such cases, punishing the student is not enough. Education at home must complement discipline

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04:27

A special tribunal on insurrection risks shaking the...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

The author is a professor of sociology at Seoul National University. The 2017 election that brought Moon Jae-in to power already showed troubling signs during the campaign. Moon pledged to make "eradicating deep-rooted evils" his top priority. The choice of words was puzzling. The very phrase had been used earlier by Park Geun-hye, the impeached former president, during the Sewol ferry tragedy, when she sought to deflect responsibility by blaming the disaster on long-standing ills. Why

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02:58

100 Days of the Lee administration: Time for results...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

President Lee Jae Myung marks his 100th day in office. Elected in a snap vote after the Dec. 3 martial law crisis and the impeachment that followed, he moved quickly. With no transition committee, he took office the day after the election, worked to normalize an emergency state, and set out to steady a battered economy. His first executive order launched an emergency economic task force, and the government issued nationwide shopping coupons to spur consumption. The toughest early test was

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03:09

Flight to repatriate Koreans detained in Georgia...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

This article is by Michael Lee and read by an artificial voice. A flight chartered by the Korean government to repatriate hundreds of Korean nationals detained in an immigration raid on a battery plant in Georgia has been delayed, Seoul's Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday. The ministry said the flight, scheduled to depart from Georgia at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 10, would not leave on time "due to circumstances on the U.S. side." No new timetable had been provided as of the newspaper's press

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02:50

OpenAI may open data center in Korea

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. OpenAI said it may establish a data center in Korea as the ChatGPT maker formally launched its Korean entity on Wednesday. At a press event in eastern Seoul, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Jason Kwon pointed to opportunities for local collaboration, including potential ties with Samsung and SK, as part of OpenAI Korea's launch. "I think there are many ways we can partner when it comes to building compute," Kwon said. "At the

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03:14

Georgia raid costs Korean firms millions as work...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

This article is by Jeong Jae-hong and read by an artificial voice. A sweeping immigration crackdown at the LG Energy Solution-Hyundai Motor joint battery plant in Georgia has brought the U.S. factory construction projects of other Korean battery makers to a virtual halt, triggering mounting concerns across the industry. With over 300 Korean workers detained on suspicion of visa violations on Sept. 4, companies are now grappling with delays, revenue loss, increased financial burdens and

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03:23

K-pop system a 'North Star' for global industry,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. K-pop, despite the "K" in its name, has long outgrown its local roots to become a global production network - one so efficient that it can churn out a complete song in a single day. And that hyper-structured system could serve as a "North Star," says Ghazi Shami, a U.S. industry mogul who founded Empire Distribution. "Things that come out of Korea tend to be very exceptional," said Shami in his keynote remarks during MU:CON,

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02:51

OpenAI launches Korean office with hint at local data...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. OpenAI said it may establish a data center in Korea as the ChatGPT maker formally launched its Korean entity on Wednesday. At a press event in eastern Seoul, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Jason Kwon pointed to opportunities for local collaboration, including potential ties with Samsung and SK, as part of OpenAI Korea's launch. "I think there are many ways we can partner when it comes to building compute," Kwon said. "At the

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04:27

What is techno music? For these DJs, a religion and...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/10

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. It was meant to be a carefree Saturday night, but I found myself staring at my phone in the middle of a crowd packed inside Sejong Center's underground Sejong S Theater in central Seoul, caught up in an untimely work discussion that was going nowhere. Then the DJ dropped a pulse of beats into a slowly but surely building techno set, and suddenly the sight of people swaying from side to side, eyes either closed or fixed on the

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04:27

Solo diners are on the rise, but restaurants still...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/09

This article is by Lim Sun-young and read by an artificial voice. In Seoul, office worker Park Sang-eon still gets turned away when he tries to eat alone. At one restaurant, he had no choice but to order two meals just for himself. "I've had awkward experiences several times, from Korean restaurants to barbecue places," he said. A university student surnamed Gu recalled a similar moment. "I was turned away at a kimchi stew place and ended up buying ramyeon at a convenience store," Gu

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02:28

Do Not Cry, Shim Cheong

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/09

The author is a playwright and director. I remember bursting into tears while reading "Simcheongga," a classic pansori (traditional Korean musical) tale. It was the moment when Lady Kwak gives birth to Shim Cheong and dies. I had not realized I carried so much grief inside. Sitting in a crowded cafe, I could not hold back the sobs. When the tears subsided, I wondered if many had turned to "Simcheongga" in the same way, using the story as a vessel for their sorrow. A classic can serve as an

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04:19

A dilemma for both Trump and Korea

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/09

The author is the editor-in-chief of JoongAng Sunday. The recent crackdown on undocumented workers at the Hyundai Motor-LG Energy Solution joint battery plant in Georgia came as a surprise to many. Some in Korea view it as an unfair response to large-scale investment. But was it truly unexpected? Warning signs were visible. In October last year, the Korea Daily reported that Korean travelers arriving at Atlanta airport under the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) were being

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02:52

Repatriation of detained workers does not end the...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/09

More than 300 Korean nationals detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Hyundai Motor Group-LG Energy Solution joint battery plant construction site in Georgia are expected to return home on a chartered flight as early as Thursday, one week after the arrests. The safe repatriation of citizens following swift coordination between Seoul and Washington is welcome. But images of Korean workers in chains, taken to harsh detention centers while building a factory in the

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