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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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05:34

Do those in power still fear the sovereign people?

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/04

The author is a professor of political science and international relations at Seoul National University. With local elections just a month away, political parties and candidates are moving quickly. Elections held during a president's term often serve as midterm evaluations of the administration and the ruling party, typically placing them at a disadvantage. This election can also be seen as a retrospective judgment on the first year of President Lee Jae Myung's government. Yet that dynamic

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03:04

Crack down on illegal lenders without weakening finance

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/04

Recent remarks by President Lee Jae Myung have renewed debate over how far the government should go in protecting borrowers from illegal private lending. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Lee said borrowers need not repay illegal loans exceeding the legal ceiling. He was reinforcing a message after Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eog-weon shared on social media a revised enforcement decree to the Loan Business Act aimed at strengthening protections against illegal lending. Kim

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03:32

DAY 6's Wonpil gets 'Unpiltered, goes sky high in...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/04

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. But it wasn't just the staging that carried the night. At his final solo concert "Unpiltered" on Sunday at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Songpa District, southern Seoul, he made the stage entirely his own, moving seamlessly between steady vocals, strong stage presence and moments of choreography. Although usually positioned behind the piano as part of rock band DAY6 and more accustomed to sharing the spotlight with his bandmates, he

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03:32

DAY6's Wonpil gets 'Unpiltered,' goes sky high in...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/04

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. But it wasn't just the staging that carried the night. At his final solo concert "Unpiltered" on Sunday at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Songpa District, southern Seoul, he made the stage entirely his own, moving seamlessly between steady vocals, strong stage presence and moments of choreography. Although usually positioned behind the piano as part of rock band DAY6 and more accustomed to sharing the spotlight with his bandmates, he

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02:59

Samsung makes abrupt shift, names Lee Won-jin head of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/04

This article is by Kim Kyung-mi and read by an artificial voice. Samsung Electronics abruptly replaced the head of its TV business, tapping marketing veteran Lee Won-jin to lead its Visual Display business in a move that points to pressure to revive one of the core operations in its Device eXperience division on Monday. The reshuffle came about six months after Samsung's last regular executive appointments and followed weak profitability in its TV and home appliance businesses. The Visual

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05:47

'Cluster dynamics' now drive outbound investment for...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/03

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. [INTERVIEW] Despite semiconductor heavyweights accounting for more than 40 percent of Kospi market value, it is Korean automakers and battery makers that have led the charge in outbound investment, rapidly establishing supply chain footholds across the United States, according to a senior executive at the Korean branch of a major commercial real estate services firm. "Hyundai Motor Group's U.S. and European expansion is the

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03:02

Margaret Thatcher takes office as British prime minister

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/03

The author is a writer and senior fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research. Britain is a constitutional monarchy. Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party won 339 seats in the May 3, 1979, general election, defeating Prime Minister James Callaghan's Labour Party, which secured 268 seats. The victory returned the Conservatives to power. The day after the election, Thatcher's first official engagement was an audience with the monarch. Under British convention, the sovereign

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05:15

A virtuous cycle of giving for children in need

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/03

The author is the chair of the Korea Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Korea was officially recognized as an advanced economy in July 2021 when the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development unanimously reclassified it into the "developed country group." Yet even in such a country, around 1,600 children under the age of 18 are newly diagnosed with pediatric cancer each year. Despite the nation's fertility rate falling below 1.0 in 2018 and reaching 0.8 last year, the number of young

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05:48

Cash windfalls risk undermining Korea’s semiconductor...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/03

Lee Ha-kyung The author is a senior columnist at the JoongAng Ilbo. U.S. chipmaker Intel led the semiconductor industry from the 1970s, dominating the personal computer era. Its technological prowess was once described as if it had "captured extraterrestrials to extract chip secrets." Yet the company's decline began when executives with backgrounds in marketing and finance rose to the top. Their focus on short-term performance, cost cutting and shareholder returns came at the expense of

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06:46

Hormuz shock calls for a reset of Korea’s energy...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/03

More than two months into the Iran war, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has pushed oil prices sharply higher and plunged the global economy into turmoil. Korea, heavily dependent on Middle Eastern crude, has been hit particularly hard. The OECD quickly cut Korea's growth forecast from 2.1 percent to 1.7 percent, marking one of the steepest downgrades among major economies. JPMorgan also identified Korea as one of the countries most vulnerable to oil price volatility. The disruption

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00:11

Children's Day comes early

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/03

Children try out toys at a shop in Jongno District, central Seoul, on May 3, ahead of Children's Day on May 5. [YONHAP]

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00:11

Children's Day comes early

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/03

Children try out toys at a shop in Jongno District, central Seoul, on May 3, ahead of Children's Day on May 5. [YONHAP]

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01:40

HD Hyundai Electric readies environmentally friendly...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/05/03

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. HD Hyundai Electric said Sunday it has successfully completed final qualification testing of an environmentally friendly high-voltage circuit breaker slated for export to Sweden. The sulfur hexafluoride-free breaker, the first of its kind developed domestically, eliminates the use of sulfur hexafluoride, or SF₆, a fluorinated greenhouse gas long favored in high-voltage equipment for its superior insulation and interruption

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07:01

Looking behind the scenes of BTS' latest album with...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/04/30

This article is by Choi Min-ji and read by an artificial voice.BTS has set a string of major records following its comeback after a three-year and nine-month hiatus on March 20 — topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, staying No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for three consecutive weeks, earning a Triple Platinum certification from the Japan Gold Disc Awards for more than 750,000 album shipments, and, of course, selling out what is now the largest world tour ever by a Korean

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07:28

Buldak Ramen has faith in becoming the 'bible of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/04/30

This article is by Yoo Ji-yoen and read by an artificial voice. Buldak Ramen instant noodles, or ramyeon, were once dismissed as too spicy to eat. Now, Samyang Foods has turned it into one of Korea's most successful global food brands. The brand's rise has been extraordinary in both scale and structure. Cumulative sales reached 8 billion units as of the first half last year, with about 80 percent sold overseas, and the producer of the ramyeon, Samyang Foods, has built a business around a

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05:15

Seoul's largest-ever international garden show blends...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/04/30

This article is by Cho Jung-woo and read by an artificial voice.From K-culture to characters like Pokémon, Seoul is set to feature a sea of green starting this May, blending trends with nature at the Seoul International Garden Show. The event, the largest of its kind to date, kicks off Friday, signaling the city's latest push to evolve into a lush garden city where nature and urban life coexist. The exhibition, which was rebranded as an international show in 2024 as part of a major urban

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05:43

Samsung Electronics posts historic $38.6B Q1 profit,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/04/30

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. [NEWS ANALYSIS] Samsung Electronics reported an operating profit of 57.23 trillion won ($38.6 billion) for the first quarter of this year, the highest in the company's history, as a global shortage in memory chips has sent customers racing to secure supplies for their AI data center build-outs. Samsung Electronics' first-quarter operating profit represents a 755.46 percent increase from the same period last year and beat the

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01:37

The devil wears Prada — and rides in a Mercedes Maybach

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/04/30

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. Two decades after the original, "The Devil Wears Prada 2" premiered in Korea on Wednesday, featuring Mercedes-Benz's flagship one-of-a-kind customized Maybach S-Class. The bespoke Maybach S-Class appears alongside the film's central character, Runway magazine editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly, portrayed by Meryl Streep. Mercedes-Benz Korea said the car features a distinctive high-heeled pitchfork emblem, an enlarged illuminated

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03:25

Here’s what future Hyundai cars' screens will look...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/04/29

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. Hyundai Motor has finally unveiled its new Pleos operating system — and in a move many drivers will welcome, physical buttons aren't going anywhere. The new infotainment platform will debut on the Europe-bound Ioniq 3, which is slated to launch in the second half of the year. U.S. customers will likely see the system in the upcoming launch of other Hyundai models, including the Avante, the Tucson and the Genesis GV90. Built on

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03:25

Here’s what future Hyundai cars' screens will look...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/04/29

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. Hyundai Motor has finally unveiled its new Pleos operating system — and in a move many drivers will welcome, physical buttons aren't going anywhere. The new infotainment platform will debut on the Europe-bound Ioniq 3, which is slated to launch in the second half of the year. U.S. customers will likely see the system in the upcoming launch of other Hyundai models, including the Avante, the Tucson and the Genesis GV90. Built on

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