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Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea

Newsroom of the Korea JoongAng Daily

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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04:31

Real estate fears return as prices surge under Lee...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/05

Joo Jung-wan The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. The Seoul housing market is showing signs of overheating again despite repeated interventions from the Lee Jae Myung administration. Government data from the Korea Real Estate Board shows that, as of Monday, apartment prices in the capital rose 0.27 percent from the previous week, the sharpest weekly gain in 12 weeks. The board releases its statistics every Thursday, and the increases have been accelerating since early

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02:54

Lee signals flexibility on investment barriers for AI

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/05

President Lee Jae Myung said his administration is considering easing Korea's rules separating the finance and industrial sectors for the artificial intelligence realm, signaling a shift in policy designed to attract more capital into emerging technologies. In a meeting with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday, Lee said the scale of AI investment is so large that the government should explore limited relaxation of existing restrictions, provided safeguards are in place to prevent

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07:57

South Korea's policy puzzle: Lee's top aides divided...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/04

This article is by Seo Ji-eun and read by an artificial voice. [EXPLAINER] The head of South Korea's Unification Ministry and the country's top security adviser have aired starkly differing views on North Korea policy. While one sees North and South Korea as "two states," the other opposes this viewpoint - an issue that is stirring debate over what course the government will take on Pyongyang. Unification Minister Chung Dong-young told reporters on Sept. 25 that South and North Korea are

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05:30

'Tempest' screenwriter explains intention behind...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/03

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. Warning: This article may contain spoilers. The screenwriter behind Disney+'s "Tempest," starring Jun Ji-hyun and Gang Dong-won, addressed the controversial line spoken by Jun regarding China, saying she never intended to offend anyone. "I was the one who wrote that line, and given the situation, I kept thinking about whether I should step forward and say something," said Chung Seo-kyung, the show's screenwriter, during a

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05:01

Chun Kyung-ja retrospective explores unconventional...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/03

This article is by Lee Eun-ju and read by an artificial voice. Painter Chun Kyung-ja (1924-2015) defied convention both on and off the canvas - a flamboyant dresser, a fearless traveler and a pioneer of modern Korean color painting. Ten years after her death, a major exhibition in Seoul revisits the dazzling freedom that defined her life and art. The retrospective at Seoul Museum in Jongno District, central Seoul, titled "The 101st Page of My Sad Legend," offers a sweeping look at the

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06:57

Hyundai in a catch-22 as it absorbs U.S. tariffs...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/02

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. [BEHIND THE NUMBERS] Hyundai Motor is bearing mounting costs on an unprecedented scale due to the hefty 25 percent tariff imposed by the Donald Trump administration - in sharp contrast to competitors like Toyota and Volkswagen, whose home countries have already reached tariff agreements with the United States. Hyundai and sister brand Kia have paid almost 5 million won ($3,600) as tariff per vehicle exported in the second

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01:41

Amorepacific's Mamonde brand tackles European market...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/02

This article is by Jeong Hye-jeong and read by an artificial voice. Skincare brand Mamonde has officially entered the European market through a partnership with Lyko, a leading beauty retailer based in Sweden, Amorepacific announced Thursday. Mamonde products are now available at 33 Lyko brick-and-mortar stores in Sweden, Norway and Finland, as well as through online platforms in five additional countries: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Austria. The launch lineup features

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04:23

aespa's shaky ABC performance reignites the question:...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/02

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. Every few months, a familiar controversy hits K-pop. An idol act takes the stage abroad, delivers a somewhat stripped-down or seemingly lip-synched performance and the internet erupts - they can't sing, they can't perform without the spectacle. This time, it's girl group aespa. But behind the repeated criticism lies a deeper question: in an industry built as much on fan engagement, visuals and storytelling as on music itself,

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08:08

Escape rooms — and palaces — are a breakout hit among...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/02

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. Enter a room - or, these days, not - search for hidden clues and unravel a mystery. That's how a growing number of tourists are choosing to spend their time in Korea these days. Foreign visitors' spending on escape rooms skyrocketed 1,419 times in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, according to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), with the trend especially clear in tourist-heavy areas like

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01:45

Fire breaks out at Lotte Innovate Data Center in Daejeon

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/02

This article is by Shin Jin-ho, Son Sung-bae and read by an artificial voice. A fire broke out at the Lotte Innovate Data Center (IDC) in Daejeon on Thursday morning, just days after a separate blaze disrupted the government's digital systems nationwide. The fire started at around 4:59 a.m. at Lotte IDC in Daejeon and was extinguished by 5:38 a.m., authorities from the Daejeon Fire Headquarters and Daejeon Metropolitan Police said. Fire authorities deployed 21 vehicles and 62 personnel to

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02:13

A dialogue with future generations

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/01

Ko Jae-hyunThe author is a professor at the School of Semiconductor and Display Engineering at Hallym University. When raising children, parents often ask themselves how much they are willing to sacrifice. Most would say they could give their lives for their children. The same instinct usually extends to grandchildren, whether out of affection or biological drive. But what about descendants 10 generations down the road? Rationally, one might feel the same obligation, yet the sense of

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05:27

Do Not Suppress Allies: A Lesson from 2,500 Years Ago

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/01

Lee Cheol-jae The author is a senior defense reporter at the JoongAng Ilbo. "Never again drive your armed forces against Greece. Its land defends itself, as if fighting on its behalf." This line comes from "The Persians" (472 B.C.) by Aeschylus, the ancient Athenian tragedian. It is spoken when the ghost of Darius I appears before his son, Xerxes I, warning him not to invade Greece. The setting is around 480 B.C., when Xerxes sent Persian forces to march on Greece. The historian Herodotus

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05:55

Symbolic, imaginary and real

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/01

Chin Jung-kwon The author is a professor at Kwangwoon University. According to French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, human subjectivity is composed of three orders: the symbolic, the imaginary, and the real. Whether one accepts his philosophy or not, this tripartite framework can be applied not only to individuals but also to the broader condition of society, offering a way to understand today's political distortions. Lacan defined the symbolic as the realm of language, logic, reason and

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03:03

Consumption coupons waste fiscal resources: Only...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/01

The government's 13 trillion won ($9 billion) consumption coupon program, touted as a "prime mover for domestic recovery," has proven fleeting in its effect. According to Statistics Korea, retail sales rose 2.7 percent in July from the previous month but fell 2.4 percent in August, the sharpest decline since February 2023. From July 21, about 50.08 million people - 99 percent of the population - received 150,000 won each, injecting over 9 trillion won into the economy. The Ministry of

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03:06

For Lee Hyo-ri and producers, 'Just Makeup' is so...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/01

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. Beauty makeup survival show "Just Makeup," produced by the studio behind "Culinary Class Wars" (2024), is set to premiere on Friday with singer Lee Hyo-ri as its host, marking her first time hosting a competition show in 16 years since the singing contest "Superstar K" (2009-16) in 2009. "I've often participated in variety shows that are unscripted and flow naturally," said Lee during the show's press conference held in Gwangjin

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03:08

Samsung, SK hynix to supply chips for OpenAI's $500...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/01

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. Korea's two major chipmakers, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, will supply memory chips for OpenAI's $500 billion Stargate initiative, a massive effort to build next-generation data centers in the United States to meet surging demand driven by artificial intelligence. The Stargate project, co-led by SoftBank and Oracle, is expected to require around 900,000 high-performance dynamic random access memory wafers each month to

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03:15

Lee pledges gov't support for K-content as JYP chief...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/01

This article is by Yoon Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday pledged comprehensive government support for Korea's cultural content industry, vowing to help it evolve into a key pillar of the national economy. "I will actively support our popular culture so that it can go beyond bringing laughter, emotion and empathy to people around the world, and become a core industry that will lead the future of the Korean economy," said Lee during the official

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04:40

From last-minute casting to breakout success: Lee...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/01

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. Actor Lee Chae-min had only one nerve-wracking month to prepare for his role as King Yi Heon for the recently ended tvN drama "Bon Appétit, Your Majesty" - which turned out to be a breakout hit that pushed him into stardom. "With having a tight schedule, I had moments of doubt, wondering if I could really bring this character to life within the time," Lee admitted during a roundtable interview on Tuesday at a cafe in southern

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03:43

Take me back? Love show 'EXchange' returns for a 4th...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/01

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice.Korea's hit love-matching program "EXchange" (2021-), which puts ex-lovers together to rekindle old flames or spark new ones, has returned for its fourth season. This time, the new season is said to be more real, fast-paced and unpredictable than any of its previous installments, according to the show's producer and panel. "As the seasons have progressed, the cast members seem to have become more in tune with the environment and

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02:01

Overseas travel ban for HYBE chairman Bang during...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/10/01

This article is by Jeong Hye-jeong and read by an artificial voice. HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk, currently under police investigation for allegedly misinforming investors to make a personal gain of almost 200 billion won ($142 million), has been banned from leaving the country. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Financial Crimes Investigation Division placed an overseas travel ban on Bang, who is under investigation for violating the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets

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