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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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03:07

Korea plans to ease pension cuts for working older...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/19

This article is by Nam Soo-hyoun and read by an artificial voice. The government plans to ease pension rules that reduce monthly benefits for older people who continue earning income after retirement, with changes expected to begin next year. The policy that cuts basic pension benefits for married couples by 20 percent will also be scaled back in phases. The reforms are part of the government's broader plan to address what it described as "unreasonable" features of the national and basic

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04:29

Samsung mulls extra $7.2B for Taylor chip plant ahead...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/19

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. [NEWS ANALYSIS] Samsung Electronics may inject an additional 10 trillion won ($7.2 billion) into its semiconductor complex in Taylor, Texas, with industry sources and diplomatic signals pointing to renewed momentum. The potential expansion is fueled by two factors: a $16.5 billion chip order from Tesla, to be produced at the site, and the upcoming Korea-U.S. summit on Monday, which will likely serve as a platform for Korean

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04:31

'On the verge of shutting down': SK hynix CEO praises...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/19

This article is by Shim Seo-hyun and read by an artificial voice. In the early 2000s, Hynix was a company on the brink. Employees removed fluorescent bulbs to cut electricity bills. They were told to carry handkerchiefs to reduce napkin use. For workers, it felt like a place collapsing under the weight of austerity - raising what Koreans now call " toesa gak," referring to the feeling of wanting to quit. Few could have imagined then that Hynix would one day surpass Samsung Electronics, the

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02:54

Cabbage breaks 7,000 won per head after heat waves...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/19

This article is by Cho Mun-gyu and read by an artificial voice. The average retail price of a head of napa cabbage has surpassed 7,000 won ($5.04) - up more than 50 percent from a month ago - as heat waves and heavy rains hit harvests, though officials expect supplies from highland farms and government stockpiles to ease the spike soon. The average retail price of cabbage was 7,062 won as of Monday, up 9.3 percent from the same period of last year and 11 percent higher than the seasonal

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06:51

She longs to be a mother. So she makes erotic art.

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Lee Jian and read by an artificial voice. Artist Tzusoo's works are way too cool to be in a museum. Take her live sculpture installation, "Agarmon," for instance - a moist, phallic creature made of agar, a derivative of seaweed and moss, born out of condensed sexual energy that did not culminate in fertilization and childbirth. "I, personally, just enjoy erotic things," Tzusoo told the Korea JoongAng Daily, with a light smile, at the National Museum of Modern and

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07:08

'The risks are high, and uncertainties are many':...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Kim Yeon-joo, Kim Won and read by an artificial voice. Korea overhauled its workplace safety laws in 2022, threatening executives with at least a year in prison or fines of up to 1 billion won ($722,000) if workers died on the job. But since then, nearly 1,500 workers have been killed in serious industrial accidents up until last year - many of them at construction sites and most of them employed by subcontractors. At one construction company, eight workers died in

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04:41

Traditional performances adapt to the times as fans...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Ha Nam-hyun and read by an artificial voice. Sword dances woven into solemn royal ancestral rites, a stripped-down undersea romance in the sorrowful sound of Korea's traditional musical genre of pansori, performed only by a drummer and singer - and a new "Shimcheong" is born. Traditional performances infused with modern sensibilities are drawing enthusiastic audiences by keeping pace with contemporary tastes while amplifying historical virtues long embedded in Korean

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03:54

Korea’s 100 trillion won national fund must avoid...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

Cho Min-geun The author is the business and industry news editor at the JoongAng Ilbo "Frankly, the scale feels ambiguous. If it were 1,000 trillion won [$722 billion], maybe - but 100 trillion?" That was the response of a prominent entrepreneur when asked about the new administration's pledge to create a 100 trillion won "national fund" to make Korea a leader in artificial intelligence. He should know: He built a startup into one of Korea's best-known unicorns. For him, even 100 trillion

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04:44

'Fandom' politics is aging and has little future

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

Park Sang-hoon The author is a political scientist. The prevailing interpretation of "fandom politics" in Korea goes something like this. First, it is understood as a leader-centered phenomenon - the blind adoration of a single politician. Second, fandom support is assumed to be unconditional. Third, in this framework, the leader is the "head," the followers in the legislature are "pro-head," and the mass base are "diehards," bound together in an unbreakable triangle. For those accustomed

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05:28

In the Trump Round, the Global South reshapes the...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

Ha Hyun-ock The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. A tectonic shift has begun in the global economy. With U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff shock waves, the multilateral trade order that has underpinned the world economy for more than 80 years since World War II is unraveling. As the International Monetary Fund put it, "the global economic system is being reset for the first time in 80 years." On Aug. 7, Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative, declared in a New York

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02:24

Descendants of pro-Japanese collaborators to be...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Hyeon Ye-seul and read by an artificial voice. The government will bar the descendants of pro-Japanese collaborators from buying back properties confiscated by the state. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs announced on Monday that it has established a new review body to prevent assets seized from pro-Japanese collaborators of the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945) from being resold to their descendants. The ministry pledged to act after criticism during a

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03:24

KCCI calls for strategies to enhance Korea's position...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Na Sang-hyeon and read by an artificial voice. Korean content failed to make the list of the world's top 50 intellectual properties (IP), highlighting the need to develop homegrown "super IP" as most profits from global hits like Netflix's animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" go to U.S. and Japanese companies. None of Korea's IP ranked among the list of Top 50 Global Licensors, an index measuring the industrialization capacity of IP, according to a report on IP

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04:39

From home appliances to K-beauty, Korean exports...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. [NEWS ANALYSIS] The Donald Trump administration's expansion of steel and aluminum products subject to 50 percent tariffs, from refrigerators to cosmetics packaging, has once again tightened the squeeze on Korean enterprises, impacting a broad spectrum of strategic industries and even everyday consumer goods like kitchen knives and forks. While small and microsized businesses are expected to bear the brunt of the impact, the

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03:28

Cortis on its self-produced album and BTS's advice:...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. BigHit Music's latest boy band, Cortis, dubbed "the young creator crew," is carving out a path distinct from its iconic seniors BTS and Tomorrow X Together - one that's significantly more hands-on . On Monday, Cortis debuted as BigHit Music's first rookie group in six years, and the quintet stood out not only for its inventive stage performance of "What You Want," the lead track of its debut EP, "Color Outside the Lines," but

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03:28

Samsung closes gap with Apple by half in Q2 as Galaxy...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Yi Woo-lim and read by an artificial voice. Samsung Electronics significantly narrowed its market share gap with Apple in the U.S. smartphone market during the second quarter of this year, fueled by strong sales of its midrange Galaxy A series. The move positions Samsung Electronics as a stronger competitor ahead of Apple's highly anticipated iPhone 17 launch next month. Samsung Electronics held a 19.9 percent market share in the global market by shipments in the first

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04:31

Korea's battery makers boost R&D spending amid low...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Choi Sun-eul and read by an artificial voice. Korea's three major battery makers are seeing factory utilization rates hit bottom amid a prolonged industry downturn. Still, the companies have increased research and development (R&D) spending in a bid to secure next-generation battery technologies and gain an edge over Chinese competitors. LG Energy Solution's average factory utilization rate in the first half of this year stood at 51.3 percent, according to the company's

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01:19

Swatch apologizes for ad accused of racist imagery

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Moon Sang-hyeok and read by an artificial voice. Swiss watch brand Swatch has issued an apology after accusations surfaced that a recently released advertisement contained racist imagery of East Asian people. "We have taken note of the recent concerns regarding the portrayal of a model in images for the Swatch Essentials Collection," Swatch wrote on its Instagram account on Saturday. "We treat this matter with the utmost importance and have immediately removed all

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01:36

Hyundai founding family recognized by Automotive News...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

The founding family of Hyundai Motor Group has been selected by the U.S. publication Automotive News as a recipient of its Centennial Award for its contribution to the advancement of the global auto industry, according to the group Monday. Late founder Chung Ju-yung, Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo and Euisun Chung, the group's current executive chair, were jointly presented the prestigious award, which is designed to honor individuals and families that have shaped the global auto

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03:11

SK Group to host Icheon Forum focusing on AI and...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Paik Ji-hwan and read by an artificial voice. SK Group will host its annual Icheon Forum from Monday to Wednesday, focusing on how AI can drive business strategy, workplace innovation and long-term competitiveness. More than 250 executives, scholars and experts will gather for the ninth edition of the forum, launched in 2017 by SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won as a platform for corporate transformation. This year's theme is "AI and Digital Transformation (DT)" and will

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02:57

Samsung releases song with washing machine, TV, air...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/18

This article is by Shim Seo-hyun and read by an artificial voice. Machines speak to humans - to tell them someone is calling, it's time to wake up, the laundry is done, the room will cool down soon or that the device needs charging. Modern life is filled with sounds from smartphones, washing machines, refrigerators, TVs, and air conditioners - beeps, alerts, power-ups and shutdown tones. Samsung Electronics has launched a project titled "Sounds of Samsung," which turns those product sounds

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