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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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03:54

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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03:41

Saja Boys' 'Soda Pop' was once a guitar demo...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/17

This article is by Jin Eun-soo and read by an artificial voice.An old guitar demo recorded at least seven years ago became the foundation for the "KPop Demon Hunters" track "Soda Pop," a Billboard-charting song performed in the film by fictional boy band Saja Boys, said songwriter Vince. "It was literally just a guitar sketch that I did in my own room seven or eight years ago. Then one day, a colleague and producer named 24 asked for something bright, so I handed this demo over to him

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05:26

Adieu, scarecrow? Farming communities turn to drones...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/17

This article is by Kim Bang-hyun, Kim Jun-hee and read by an artificial voice. In addition to spraying pesticides, drones can now monitor for signs of heat exhaustion and scare away birds more effectively than scarecrows. As rural populations shrink due to aging and low birthrates, drones have become invaluable tools - even aiding in tasks such as exterminating hornets. One city leading in such efforts is Jeongeup, North Jeolla. Jeongeup City has deployed a drone patrol team to protect

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04:21

The task ahead for Korean trade in the Trump era

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/17

Lee Joo-hyoung The author is a professor at the University of Seoul Law School and a lawyer. The Bretton Woods system was born in July 1944 at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. From the launch of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947 to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, it was the United States that drove the reorganization of international trade rules and order. America was not only a

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04:50

Can I be free of dementia?

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/17

Park Eun-jung The author is a professor at Kyung Hee University School of Medicine If someone were to ask me what disease I fear the most, I would, without hesitation, answer "dementia." For 14 long years, I watched my father-in-law struggle against it - stripped, against his will, of even the bare minimum of human dignity. When his cognitive function briefly returned, the psychological pain and terror he must have felt are beyond words - and he wasn't alone in his suffering. My family's

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06:38

Pools, fashion and merch: Young women transform...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/17

This article is by Lee Ji-young and read by an artificial voice. Baseball's hottest trend in Korea isn't on the field - it's in the stands. Women in their 20s are turning ballparks into weekend destinations, packing seats in coordinated jerseys, flashing photo cards like VIP passes and singing team anthems loud enough to rival the stadium speakers. With brand pop-ups, poolside views and mascot merch drops, the game has become a full-blown lifestyle event where style, fandom and sport

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06:25

As Korean petrochemical industry faces collapse,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/17

This article is by Kim Won and read by an artificial voice. The government will likely accelerate efforts to restructure the struggling petrochemical industry under its own leadership. While the government had initially hoped for voluntary restructuring by the private sector, progress has been slow, raising concerns that the "golden time" for action could be lost. "The petrochemical industry is facing a serious crisis," said President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday, calling for "a swift,

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09:38

Not-so-'Ominscient' production shows webtoon...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/08/15

This article is by Cho Young-shin and read by an artificial voice.In the entertainment business, there is no single recipe for success. A formula that works today may fail tomorrow, and what failed yesterday might strike a chord today. This may be why even in the 21st century, some still perform the traditional "pig's head" ritual to ward off misfortune. In a way, the content industry could be said to depend entirely on how much risk can be reduced. This is where web novels and webtoons

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