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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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04:36

Naver focuses on enterprise messaging, AI services to...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/11

This article is by Kang Kwang-woo and read by an artificial voice.Naver is ramping up its business in Japan with a focus on enterprise messaging and AI-driven services, seeking to secure long-term growth after weathering last year's turbulence surrounding Line Yahoo. The Line Yahoo ordeal - where the Japanese government pressured Naver to reduce its stake in Line, a messaging app popular in the country - threatened to destabilize Naver's operations in Japan, but the fallout proved smaller

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01:53

SKT continues to hemorrhage subscribers in wake of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/11

This article is by Jeong Jae-hong and read by an artificial voice.SK Telecom (SKT) is continuing to suffer from a customer exodus, with numbers rising rapidly, especially after it promised to waive contract termination fees for everyone in response to a recent cybersecurity incident. A total of 17,376 SKT subscribers switched to rival carriers on Thursday, according to the telecom industry on Friday. Of these, 8,915 moved to KT and 8,461 to LG U+. In contrast, only 10,720 subscribers

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03:23

Nearly 40% of 1,000 top exporters expect business to...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/11

This article is by Choi Su-neul and read by an artificial voice. Korea's export outlook isn't so great for the latter half of the year. Korean companies, quite unsurprisingly, cite U.S. tariffs as the biggest threat. The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) said Friday that more than half of the top 1,000 companies by revenue in 10 key export industries, or 53.3 percent, selected tariff policies under the Donald Trump administration as the biggest export risk in the second half of the

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02:39

July exports increase by 9.5 percent with notable...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/11

This article is by Lee Ji-young and read by an artificial voice. July exports started on an upward trend, driven by favorable sales of key items such as semiconductors, automobiles and ships. Exports from July 1 to Thursday reached $19.4 billion, up 9.5 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to the Korea Customs Service on Friday. Taking the number of working days into account, daily average exports came to $2.28 billion per day. The number of working days during the same

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02:05

HYBE chairman a no-show for second time in Kakao...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/11

This article is by Lee Ji-young and read by an artificial voice. Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of HYBE, has again failed to appear as a witness in the stock manipulation trial concerning SM Entertainment. Bang was scheduled to testify on Friday in a hearing at the Seoul Southern District Court for a case involving Kim Beom-su, founder of Kakao, and others accused of violating the Capital Markets Act when Kakao acquired a majority stake in SM Entertainment in 2023. However, Bang did

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02:40

Theborn Korea shuts down Baekseok plant after...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/11

This article is by Kim Eun-bin, Lim Jeong-won and read by an artificial voice. Theborn Korea, led by CEO and celebrity chef Paik Jong-won, announced on Thursday that it had shut down operations at its Baekseok plant in Yesan County, South Chungcheong, following allegations of violating the Farmland Act by using imported ingredients at a facility located in a protected agricultural zone. "To ensure safer product manufacturing and improved quality control, we have transferred the Baekseok

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02:43

Next year's minimum wage to rise to 10,320 won, first...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/11

This article is by Kim Yeon-joo and read by an artificial voice. Next year's minimum wage will be set at 10,320 won ($7.50) per hour, the first minimum wage decision under the Lee Jae Myung administration. This also marks the first tripartite agreement between labor, management and public interest groups in 17 years. The Minimum Wage Commission finalized the 2026 minimum wage on Thursday at 10,320 won per hour, an increase of 290 won, or 2.9 percent, from this year's rate of 10,030

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03:50

Hyundai and Kia haven't raised their U.S. prices yet....

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/11

This article is by Kim Hyo-seong, Oh Sam-gwon and read by an artificial voice. Hyundai Motor and Kia are holding the line on prices in the United States, choosing to wait out trade uncertainty as the clock ticks on crucial tariff negotiations between Seoul and Washington. On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump postponed a planned round of reciprocal tariffs by about three weeks, setting a new deadline of Aug. 1. That extension gives Korea and the United States more time to negotiate, but

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05:09

10 power outages in a day: Heat wave strikes Seoul's...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/11

This article is by Shin Hye-yeon, Oh So-young and read by an artificial voice. In Seoul's jjokbang (tiny subdivided rooms) village in Donui-dong in Jongno District, central Seoul, where entire lives are squeezed into makeshift rooms barely large enough to stretch out, cooling fog devices hiss in the alleyways - but the mist feels like hot breath from the city's asphalt. As apparent temperatures soar past 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), Korea's most vulnerable residents are

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07:37

North Seongsu: Trendy but not trending (yet)

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

This article is by Jin Eun-soo and read by an artificial voice.Seoul is often viewed as a modern, trendy metropolis filled with high-rise buildings, bright billboards and zooming subways. But behind its stylish facade is a more down-to-earth, people's place that goes less noticed. Depending on the part of the city, busy-working locals find solace and joy in things such as sizzling pork belly in an intimate barbecue restaurant, soju shots under a tent, coffee on the roof of a decades-old

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02:29

AI talent war intensifies as signing bonuses soar

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

Cho Won-kyeong The author is a professor at UNIST and the head of the Global Industry-University Cooperation Center. In professional sports, signing bonuses have long been used to lure star athletes. These upfront payments, offered in addition to salaries, are designed to secure top talent and build loyalty. In baseball, Shohei Ohtani and Stephen Strasburg each received bonuses exceeding $100 million. In football, FC Barcelona's signing bonus to Lionel Messi reportedly reached 115.2

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04:31

China’s quiet push in the Yellow Sea poses serious...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

Kim Jung-ha The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. The first territorial threat to Korea since its founding came 75 years ago from the North. Today, a second encroachment is unfolding - this time from the West. Unlike the direct and violent nature of the Korean War, China's so-called "Yellow Sea project" is progressing slowly and quietly, making it harder for the public to sense its gravity. Yet the consequences could be severe if China succeeds in turning the Yellow Sea

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04:20

A Ministry for the Korean Peninsula is long overdue

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

Park Myung-lim The author is a political professor of Yonsei University. Debate regarding government reorganization is gaining momentum in Korea, driven in part by the presidential impeachment. Reconstructing the government structure at this juncture could offer a chance to redirect the nation's priorities. While the most urgent tasks remain constitutional reform for power redistribution and the creation of a population ministry to address demographic decline, I would like to highlight

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02:47

Former President Yoon jailed again amid escalating...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was taken back into custody in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 10, marking his second arrest since being indicted as the alleged ringleader of an attempted insurrection. He had been released four months ago following a court decision to cancel his initial detention order in March. Yoon personally appeared at a detention warrant hearing on Wednesday and argued in his final statement that the Dec. 3 martial law declaration was merely a warning, not an

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04:50

Yoon arrested and detained, again, 124 days after...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

This article is by Na Un-chae and read by an artificial voice.Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and detained once again again early Thursday, 124 days after being released from custody earlier this year. Having secured Yoon's arrest in just 22 days since launching the probe, the special probe counsel investigating his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, said it would now shift focus to other charges, including foreign aggression as well as the alleged role then-Prime

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04:07

Central bank hits pause on interest rate cuts in...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

This article is by Kim Kyung-hee and read by an artificial voice. The Bank of Korea (BOK) decided to pause its rate-cutting cycle, wary that a premature move could further fuel soaring home prices in Seoul. At its monetary policy meeting on Thursday, the BOK's monetary policy board unanimously voted to keep the base interest rate steady at 2.5 percent. This marks a temporary hold as the board evaluates the impact of recent lending curbs introduced on June 27 to cool the overheated housing

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03:21

Stock market cap surpasses 3 quadrillion won as...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

This article is by Hwang Eui-young and read by an artificial voice. Korea's stock market capitalization surpassed 3 quadrillion won ($2.19 trillion) for the first time on Thursday, driven by a sharp rally in the main Kospi index and mounting expectations for government-led market support. The combined market cap of local stocks reached 3.02 quadrillion won on Thursday, according to the Korea Exchange. The benchmark Kospi accounted for 2.6 quadrillion won, while the Kosdaq added 413.86

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02:32

Korean shipyards, steelmakers rush to keep workers...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

This article is by Lee Su-jeong and read by an artificial voice. Major Korean shipyards and steelmakers are implementing emergency measures to keep outdoor workers cool by extending break times and deploying mobile cooling units, as temperatures continue to exceed 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) across the country. Hanwha Ocean introduced mobile cooling buses for the first time this year, serving as temporary cooling centers, and plans to concentrate these buses at sites with

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06:03

U.S. think tank proposes 'cutting all ground combat...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

This article is by Kim Hyoung-gu and read by an artificial voice. A new U.S. think tank report called for slashing the number of U.S. troops in South Korea from around 28,500 to about 10,000, arguing that Seoul should take primary responsibility for its own defense as Washington repositions forces to counter China more effectively across the Indo-Pacific region. Dan Caldwell, former senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, called for the reduction of U.S. Forces Korea

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05:31

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 hands-on: Can the slimmer,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/10

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. Samsung's latest foldables - the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 - are sleeker, lighter and smarter. But that trimmed-down design comes with a trade-off: The dropping of the signature S Pen, previously a useful tool for hands-on functions such as note-taking and sketching. Still, the Korean tech giant believes that portability will help it pull further ahead of rivals like Google and Huawei in the foldable race it helped

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