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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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04:01

90% of citizens to get vouchers in second round of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/12

This article is by Moon Hee-chul and read by an artificial voice.Korea will hand out 100,000 won ($72) vouchers to 90 percent of its citizens starting Sept. 22 as part of the government's second round of stimulus meant to revive spending and shore up household budgets. Officials unveiled details of the plan and the criteria for excluding the wealthiest 10 percent of households from receiving the vouchers at a press briefing at the government complex in Seoul on Friday. Households with a

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04:54

U.S. trade negotiations hit impasse as Seoul bristles...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/12

This article is by Kim Won and read by an artificial voice. Tariff negotiations between Korea and the United States have hit a serious impasse, despite the two countries reaching a broad trade agreement in late July. Disputes over the specifics of implementation have stalled progress, with Washington warning that it may roll back concessions. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC on Thursday that Japan had already signed the deal and warned that Korea would have to either pay

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02:19

Accept the deal or face tariffs, Lutnick says as...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/12

This article is by Jung Si-nae and read by an artificial voice.U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday urged Korea to accept a pending trade deal with Washington or face tariffs, as talks remain deadlocked over details of the bilateral agreement. "The Koreans didn't sign when the president was in [...] the White House," Lutnick told CNBC, referring to President Lee Jae Myung's meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington in August. "Notice how we didn't talk about

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04:40

Gold fever hits market as Korean investors rush to...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/12

This article is by Yeom Ji-hyeon and read by an artificial voice. A surge in global gold prices has ignited a rush among Korean investors toward gold-related financial products and bullion, with gold accounts and bars seeing explosive demand. The international price of gold has jumped nearly 40 percent this year, outpacing major stock indexes and cryptocurrencies, fueling the metal's allure as a safe-haven asset. Balances in gold banking accounts - known as "gold passbooks" - at KB Kookmin

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03:26

Where did all the instrument clusters go? Apparently,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. MUNICH - Strolling through the heart of Munich for this year's IAA Mobility expo, surrounded by a sea of futuristic cars, one thing stood out like a bad paint job - the traditional dashboard vanished like they missed the invite to the future. Brand new vehicles, "cars of the future," on display weren't shy about ditching the conventional instrument cluster - that familiar setup tucked right behind the steering wheel, whether

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06:35

Romance meets real estate: 'Imjang' becomes a new...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. Jang Han-sol, a 27-year-old office worker, spends weekends going on dates with her boyfriend like many other couples - but their outings take an unusual turn. Instead of typical date activities, the couple goes on " imjang" trips, a term that roughly translates to on-site real estate scouting. They are not looking to purchase a home or invest in property immediately, but say they are exploring future possibilities and learning

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05:05

'Would definitely go again': Sequels to working...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

This article is by Cho Jung-woo and read by an artificial voice. For Kim Na-yeon, a 28-year-old former corporate worker, a year in Tokyo wasn't just a trip. It was freedom. Kim, who quit her arduous job in Seoul last year, recently spent a year on a working holiday in Japan and finally experienced something she had long craved: complete independence. "I always wanted to go on a working holiday, but I started working right after graduating from university," she said, speaking under a

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03:57

Ministry promotes rural regeneration through vacant...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

This article is by Kim Kyung-hee and read by an artificial voice. A once-abandoned cowshed on Jeju Island has been transformed into a thriving cafe and guesthouse complex, becoming a flagship example of private sector-led regeneration of rural vacant homes. "I heard the old man who used to live here built the cowshed with his own hands. I didn't want to tear it down," said 27-year-old Bang Soo-yeon. "Its age is part of its living history." Bang purchased an 800-pyeong (28,466-square-foot)

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02:11

Haydn’s “The Creation” and the opening of paradise

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

The author is a music critic and director of the classical music brand Poongwoldang. "The Creation" (1798) offered Joseph Haydn the perfect subject to reignite his creative drive. The biblical story of God shaping the world in six days was familiar to everyone, and the newly made natural world gave the composer a broad canvas for musical illustration. As a master of depiction and humor, Haydn found in it an ideal theme. Creation itself is the central problem of all artists. In portraying

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05:01

Can Korea’s pension whale always deliver high returns?

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. In Korea's stock market, the National Pension Service (NPS) is often called the "whale in the pond." As of the end of June, its fund assets stood at 1,269 trillion won ($934 billion), an amount greater than half of the total market capitalization of the Kospi, which reached 2,512 trillion won at the same time. The metaphor captures the imbalance of a giant fund moving within a relatively small market. The NPS does not invest only at

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04:10

What Yoon and Kim appeared to know all along

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. What first looked like a single Dior bag worth 3 million won ($2,153) seemed unreal enough. A video of the newly inaugurated first lady calmly accepting a luxury gift felt almost too improbable to be genuine. But the allegation that former first lady Kim Keon Hee took valuables did not end with that one clip. As the probe by Special Counsel Min Joong-ki advanced, the list grew. New suspicions surfaced over a Sweet Alhambra bracelet, a

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03:36

Debate on special tribunals Is no light matter for...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

At his press conference marking 100 days in office, President Lee Jae Myung pledged to be "a president for all the people" and to pursue politics and governance focused on unity. He described the past 100 days as a time for recovery and normalization, and said the remaining four years and nine months should bring growth that shares results across society. In a climate of partisan confrontation, the president's emphasis on integration is welcome. His approach to prosecutorial reform also

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04:53

In '3670,' a gay North Korean defector embraces...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/09/11

This article is by Jung Hyun-mok and read by an artificial voice. All we need may be love, but more than that is a sense of belonging - something that may not come easy for a gay North Korean defector living in South Korea studying for his college entrance. A film titled "3670" is hit local theaters last week with a rare peek into that life. The numerals in the title stand for "Jongno 3-ga, Exit 6, meet at 7" - a phrase used as coded language among members of the queer community in

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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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