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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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02:53

From math to music, Yumin Awards recognize...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Lee Young-hee and read by an artificial voice. Three individuals who have made notable contributions to science, society and the arts were recognized at the 16th Yumin Awards, organized by the JoongAng Hwadong Foundation, held at the JoongAng Ilbo building in Sangam-dong, western Seoul, on Thursday. Park Jin-young, 43, an assistant professor of mathematics at New York University, received this year's Yumin Awards in the sciences category for proving the longstanding

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03:31

Number of 1-person households climb, with more higher...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Kim Won and read by an artificial voice. More Koreans are living alone - and earning more - than ever before, while the number of dual income households fell for the first time in four years. The number of single-person households reached a record 8 million as of October 2024, up by 616,000 from the previous year, according to data released by Statistics Korea on Thursday. Of those, 5.1 million were employed, surpassing the 5 million mark for the first time. Employed

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04:23

New administration hits the gas on revival of Korea's...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Kim Ki-hwan and read by an artificial voice. President Lee Jae Myung's government is set to resume the previous administration's initiative to restructure Korea's struggling petrochemical industry. The State Affairs Planning Committee, effectively functioning as a transition team, received a comprehensive briefing from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Thursday, signaling the new administration's intent to accelerate reform efforts. Years of oversupply from

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02:02

East coast city Gangneung sees first tropical night...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Chon Kwon-pil and read by an artificial voice. The eastern city of Gangneung, Gangwon, saw the country's first tropical night of 2025 on Wednesday, weather authorities said Thursday. The overnight low in Gangneung was 26.5 degrees Celsius (79.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as of Wednesday night - meeting the threshold for a tropical night. This is defined as when the temperature stays above 25 degrees Celsius between 6:01 p.m. and 9 a.m. the following day, according to the Korea

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02:35

20 Korean nationals, family members evacuated from...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Park Hyun-ju and read by an artificial voice. Amid escalating military conflict between Israel and Iran, 20 Korean nationals and their Iranian family members safely evacuated Iran overland to neighboring Turkmenistan on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The evacuees departed Tehran by chartered bus on Tuesday and traveled approximately 1,200 kilometers (746 miles) over 30 hours, including rest stops, the Foreign Ministry announced Thursday. The 20

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06:49

Gov't approves 20.2 trillion won supplementary...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Kim Min-joong, Jang Won-seok and read by an artificial voice. Facing a sharp economic slowdown, Korea will roll out a sweeping stimulus package as early as next month that includes voucher payments of up to 520,000 won ($377) per person and debt relief for struggling small business owners. The Cabinet on Thursday approved President Lee Jae Myung's first supplementary budget, a 20.2 trillion won increase in spending, aimed at reviving domestic consumption, easing

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02:54

Korea ranks 10th globally in number of millionaires,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Han Young-hye and read by an artificial voice. Korea ranked 10th in the world in terms of the number of millionaires last year, with more than 1.3 million individuals holding assets of at least $1 million, according to a report released by Swiss investment bank UBS. In its 2025 Global Wealth Report, published on Wednesday, UBS found that 1,301,000 people in Korea had assets exceeding $1 million, an increase from 1,295,674 the previous year. The United States topped the

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01:32

HD Hyundai, Nvidia join Bill Gates’ TerraPower in...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice.A group of companies, including HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Nvidia, invested $650 million in TerraPower, a Washington-based small modular reactor (SMR) developer founded by Bill Gates. TerraPower announced the fundraising on Wednesday, though specific details on HD Hyundai's share have not been disclosed. The engaging investors include NVentures, the venture capital arm of Nvidia, Bill Gates and HD Hyundai. With small size

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01:47

Lotte Biologics inks agreement with Ottimo Pharma on...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. BOSTON - Lotte Biologics signed a contract manufacturing agreement with U.K.-based biotech company Ottimo Pharma for its production of a novel antibody drug candidate known as Jankistomig, the Korean firm said on Wednesday. The drugs will be produced at Lotte Biologic's Syracuse plant in the United States. The Korean contract manufacturer will be producing clinical trial materials and the candidate is targeting "a very hot

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03:23

Seoul housing now four times more expensive than...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Kim Kyung-hee and read by an artificial voice. The cost of housing in Seoul has soared to more than four times that of South Jeolla, underscoring a deepening disparity in living expenses and inflation inequality across Korea, according to a report released Wednesday by the Bank of Korea (BOK). The gap in cumulative housing price growth between Seoul and the national average since 2014 stood at 69.4 percentage points - the widest among G7 countries, according to the BOK

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03:51

Yes24 cyberattack fallout reignites debate over...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Oh Hyeon-woo, Yun Jung-min and read by an artificial voice. If you pay for digital content, do you actually own it - or is it more like a gym membership, valid only for a limited time? A recent ransomware attack on Yes24, Korea's largest online bookstore, has rekindled debate over the nature of ownership when it comes to digital content. Some experts are calling for stronger protections as cases emerge where consumers lose access to content - whether through an accident

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04:05

Continuing 'brain drain' undermines Korea’s $73...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Kim Ki-hwan and read by an artificial voice. As Korea stakes its future on becoming a global AI powerhouse, it faces a stark challenge: the country's brightest minds are heading overseas. High bandwidth memory (HBM) is a critical component in the AI era's chips race. And at the heart of HBM innovation is Kim Joung-ho, a professor of electrical engineering at KAIST, often dubbed "the father of HBM." But rather than staying in Korea, many of Kim's top students are choosing

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02:37

Samsung Heavy to sue Russia's Zvezda for 'illegal'...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/19

This article is by Oh Sam-gwon and read by an artificial voice. Samsung Heavy Industries said Wednesday it will file a lawsuit against Russia's largest shipbuilder, Zvezda, for "illegally" terminating shipbuilding equipment supply contracts worth 4.85 trillion won ($3.5 billion). The Korean shipbuilder has also moved to seek damages through international arbitration. In 2020 and 2021, Samsung signed contracts with Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex to supply parts and steel hull blocks for 10

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08:29

In the age of TripAdvisor, travel agencies get...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/18

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice.Burned out from the grind of corporate life, 33-year-old office worker Choi Go-woong was desperately searching for a sense of healing. He'd taken a few rushed trips to Jeju, hoping to shake off the stress, but none of them offered the exhale he needed. Then one day, while scrolling through social media, he came across Choncance - a package travel program run by a travel agency called Jigu-noriter. The name blends the Korean

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02:24

How we see the invisible universe

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/18

Ko Jae-hyun The author is a professor at the School of Semiconductor and Display Engineering, Hallym University. When giving public lectures on the science of light, I often present astronomical images - vivid, colorful portraits of distant galaxies and nebulae. A common question follows: "Is the universe really that colorful?" The short answer is no. While these images may appear visually stunning, much of their color is not what the human eye would actually see. But that doesn't mean the

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04:04

Cautious experts shift stance as housing market heats up

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/18

Sohn Hae-yong The author is the business news editor of the JoongAng Ilbo. One of Korea's most cautious voices on real estate, Chae Sang-wook, CEO of Connected Ground and a former market analyst, has surprised the industry by reversing his outlook. For years, Chae maintained that Korea's housing market faced structural decline due to low birthrates and aging demographics. But in a recent Facebook post, he declared a shift: "This is a bull market, and it's better to treat it as the default

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03:02

A unified government’s perils and promises

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/18

Jang Deok-jin Three years ago, I wrote in this newspaper that the success of the newly launched Yoon Suk Yeol administration would hinge on restoring checks and balances. In a column published on May 23, 2022, I argued that the limits of a divided government - where the opposition held a legislative majority - could be turned into strengths. A functioning system of democratic counterweights, I suggested, might in fact win public support. Just three months later, I described Yoon's

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02:50

Kim Keon Hee recording raises questions about past...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/18

A new recording tied to Kim Keon Hee, wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, has shifted the trajectory of the investigation into allegations that she was involved in manipulating the stock price of Deutsch Motors. Prosecutors at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, which reopened the case in May, recently secured a large volume of audio files during a search and seizure of Mirae Asset Securities, where Kim held an account. According to sources, the recordings capture Kim discussing a

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03:41

Stakes set high for ‘Omniscient Reader’ with Lee...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/18

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice.Fast-paced action, an esteemed director and Jisoo of Blackpink: The upcoming fantasy film "Omniscient Reader," based on the hit web novel of the same name, has the makings of a blockbuster hit. Fans of its source material are more divided on that than one might expect. Adaptations of popular web novels tend to come with high expectations from their pre-established fan bases - expectations that they will not only live up to the

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02:50

Naver shares surge 18% on AI policy optimism

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/18

This article is by Kim Ju-yeon and read by an artificial voice. Shares of Naver soared almost 18 percent on Wednesday after JP Morgan raised its target price on expectations that the tech firm will benefit from the new Lee Jae Myung administration's AI policies, while maintaining an overweight rating. Naver, listed on the main Kospi bourse, closed at a 52-week high of 243,500 won ($177), up 17.92 percent from the previous trading session. It also hit a 52-week intraday high of 244,500

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