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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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02:36

The Miracle of Baden-Baden: How Seoul Won the 1988...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

Roh Jung-tae The author is a writer and senior fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research. "Seoul, 52. Nagoya, 27. Seoul, Korea!" On Sept. 30, 1981, the small spa town of Baden-Baden in West Germany erupted into cheers. Against all expectations, Seoul had been chosen as the host of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The outcome became known as the "Miracle of Baden-Baden," one of the most dramatic reversals in Olympic history. The campaign began in 1979 when President Park Chung Hee

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04:55

Replicating Toyota’s 'multiplication experiment' in...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

Park Su-ryon The author is the industry news desk head at the JoongAng Ilbo. Toyota, which actually began in the early 20th century as a loom manufacturer, launched a new venture on Sept. 25. On the site of an old factory in Shizuoka Prefecture, about 100 kilometers from Tokyo, the company unveiled what it has named Woven City. This experimental town, where people actually live, is designed as a living mobility laboratory where life and technology weave together. Self-driving electric

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05:13

The song of barbarism in a civilized nation

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

Song Ho-keun The author is a columnist of the JoongAng Ilbo and a chair professor and director of Doheon Academy, Hallym University. The era of the benevolent empire has ended. The age of immigrants gazing with hope at the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is gone. The torch in her right hand has turned into a searchlight guarding borders, and the Declaration of Independence in her left hand - which promised liberty and equality - has become an exclusive right reserved only for

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02:38

Democratic Party pushes through contentious bills,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

The People Power Party's (PPP) four-day filibuster ended on Monday after the Democratic Party (DP) forced through several controversial bills, including legislation abolishing the Prosecutors' Office. The filibuster delayed votes by only a day, leaving little leverage. Yet flaws in the bills surfaced quickly. Plans to restructure financial regulators collapsed after resistance from agencies. A retroactive clause in the law on testimony before the National Assembly was struck at the last

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01:55

Thai star Nunew makes K-pop debut, hopes to work with...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. Nunew Chawarin, a rising Thai star, has landed in Seoul to make inroads into the K-pop scene, where many idols from his home country have already carved out quite a name for themselves. Citing singer IU and NCT's Jaehyun as his favorite K-pop artists, Nunew describes his debut single in Korea, "Leave Me With Your Love," as a "K-pop song merged with Nunew-style." "I've been listening to K-pop songs ever since I was young," said

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02:53

Korea pushes for bigger U.S. visa quotas as $350...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. Korea may seek higher quotas for H-2B foreign worker visas to the United States as it moves forward with its $350 billion investment pledge, with experts projecting that the scale of these projects will bring greater influx of Korean workers to the U.S. in the coming years. The current annual cap stands at 85,000 for H-1B specialist visas and 66,000 for H-2B nonagricultural worker visas. But the urgency of limited U.S. visa

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04:05

Hyundai Mobis teams with Samsung, SK to push for...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. When the global semiconductor shortage swept the world during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hyundai Motor's factories had no choice but to halt production, leaving thousands of workers idle at home. This was because it lacked the expertise and capabilities in developing automotive chips despite its global dominance in automotive and chip manufacturing. Hyundai Mobis took the lead to address the persistent challenge by forming a

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04:30

Lee Byung-hun's descent key to 'strangely beautiful'...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. Warning: This article may contain spoilers for director Park Chan-wook's latest film "No Other Choice." For actor Lee Byung-hun, the central focus in playing Man-su, the lead character in Park Chan-wook's latest black comedy "No Other Choice" was to portray how, in his own words, "a very ordinary breadwinner" gradually descends into an irreparable, murderous path by the end. "I focused on how an ordinary person could end up

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04:35

Critics worry split could leave Finance Ministry...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

This article is by Jang Won-seok and read by an artificial voice. The National Assembly passed a revision to a law that will split the Ministry of Economy and Finance, or the Finance Ministry, into two separate entities - the ministry of finance and economy and the ministry of planning and budget - weakening the agency's role as a central policymaking control tower. The move comes as the property market shows renewed volatility and trade talks with the United States stall, raising concerns

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04:57

'Unconstitutional': Shocked politicians, prosecutors...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

This article is by Kim Jun-young and read by an artificial voice. The aftershocks are continuing from the National Assembly's passage of a bill to abolish the Prosecution Service, led by the Democratic Party (DP) on Friday. Former justice ministers and prosecutors general declared Sunday that they would file a constitutional complaint once the law is promulgated, calling the bill "clearly unconstitutional." 'We will use all available legal means' "We have repeatedly emphasized that the

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05:15

No Prosecution Service, but continued debate on case...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

This article is by Kim Seong-jin and read by an artificial voice. With the National Assembly's passage of a bill to abolish the Prosecution Service on Friday, renewed debate is expected over whether to revive full case transfers and preserve prosecutors' supplementary investigation powers. Although prosecutors had largely remained silent, they now say they will actively voice their opinions during the one-year grace period before the reorganization takes effect, arguing that "full case

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04:35

Son Ye-jin begins her 'second chapter' after...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. For actor Son Ye-jin, her latest project "No Other Choice" marks the beginning of a new chapter in both her personal life and acting career. It is her first project since taking a three-year hiatus to get married and become a mother, and her first return to the big screen in seven years. "In many ways, it felt like a chapter of my life and career had closed, and I was starting a second chapter," said Son during a roundtable

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03:02

China's EV invasion continues with Tesla rival Xpeng...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/29

This article is by Park Young-woo and read by an artificial voice. Chinese EV makers are accelerating their push into Korea. With Xpeng - the so-called Tesla of China - establishing a local subsidiary in Seoul following BYD and Zeekr, the wave of competitively priced, high-packed Chinese EVs is making domestic automakers increasingly nervous. Xpeng established its Korean subsidiary in June and is preparing for a full-scale market entry, according to industry sources on Tuesday. Observers

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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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