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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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03:35

Oldies but goodies: Korean grandmothers' favorite...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

This article is by Kim Kyung-mi and read by an artificial voice. Yakgwa, ggultteok and hodu gwaja - Korea's traditional desserts are riding the sweet, online Hallyu wave. Yakgwa is a sweet, honey cookie and ggultteok is a sweet rice cake with a sweet sesame jam filling. Hodu gwaja is a type of walnut pastry stuffed with a sweet red bean filling. These desserts, considered to be "grandma's taste" by Koreans, are gaining popularity among millennials and Gen Z people around the world, driven

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02:09

The predictable habits of Korean middle-aged men

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

The author is a professor at Sogang University. On the streets and behind the wheel, middle-aged Korean men often fall into familiar routines. One common sight: eyes fixed on their phones, scrolling endlessly through KakaoTalk group chats. The content is usually the same - recycled anecdotes, mostly military tales, layered with bravado and selective memory. Everyone, it seems, served on the front lines. Stories abound of catching a white snake at a guard post and boiling it in a mess tin

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06:37

Trump pressures Japan and Korea to drastically boost...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

Cha Se-hyeon The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. The three largest hosts of U.S. troops - Japan, Germany and Korea - are facing renewed pressure from the Trump administration to significantly increase their defense budgets. The push comes in line with a recent NATO agreement that calls for member nations to raise their defense spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2035, including 3.5 percent in direct military expenditure and 1.5 percent in related costs. As of 2025, the

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05:05

When real estate and debt rise together, it’s time to...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

Park Sun-Young The author is a professor of economics at Dongguk University. One of the major contributions of Ben Bernanke - former Federal Reserve chair and Nobel laureate in economics - is the theory of the "financial accelerator." The idea explains how asset prices and credit availability interact to amplify economic fluctuations. When real estate prices rise, the value of collateral increases, enabling households and businesses to borrow more. The new credit, in turn, fuels further

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02:49

Ensuring investigative neutrality must be central to...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

Justice minister nominee Jung Sung-ho outlined the new administration's basic stance on prosecutorial reform, signaling a more deliberate and consultative approach. Speaking to reporters on his way to work on July 1, Jung said, "Calls for dismantling the prosecution are inappropriate," but added that "there is a degree of public consensus on separating investigative and prosecutorial functions and redistributing concentrated authority within the prosecution." He emphasized the importance

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06:00

Hangang Bus trial run proves a scenic but searing ride

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

This article is by Cho Jung-woo and read by an artificial voice. [GIVE IT A GO] A waterborne public transportation service with a hint of romance? Maybe. The long-awaited Hangang Bus - a river transit service that has faced three delays - is finally about to set sail. Ahead of its official launch in September, the Seoul Metropolitan Government opened the service to the public for trial rides on Tuesday, inviting tourists, families and curious commuters to hop on board. On Tuesday

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02:10

Get healthy, conveniently, as CU gets into health...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

This article is by Noh Yu-rim and read by an artificial voice. As Koreans double down on health and wellness, convenience store chains are racing to stock their shelves with more than just snacks and soda. CU, operated by BGF Retail, said Tuesday that it will begin selling health functional foods at approximately 6,000 stores nationwide starting this month. Earlier this year, CU provided preliminary information to franchisees regarding the sale of health supplements and began recruiting

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01:31

Toss payment platform reaches 460,000 foreign users,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

This article is by Kim Min-young and read by an artificial voice. Payment service company Toss said Tuesday that the number of foreign nationals registered on its platform reached 460,000 as of the first half of 2025, up about 30 percent from 360,000 during the same period last year. The figure accounts for roughly 17 percent of all foreign residents in Korea, which the Justice Ministry estimates to be around 2.65 million. Vietnam recorded the highest year-on-year growth rate in user

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02:20

LG Electronics, LogisValley ink deal on smart factory...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

This article is by Park Hae-lee and read by an artificial voice. LG Electronics said Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with LogisValley, Korea's largest integrated logistics company, to jointly develop smart logistics centers. The agreement was finalized at LG Digital Park in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi. LogisValley develops and leases logistics centers and provides consulting services for domestic and international clients. It also directly operates more than 50 logistics centers

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02:24

Defense industry eyes Ahn’s stance as Korea’s $6B...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

This article is by Kim Hyo-seong and read by an artificial voice. With Rep. Ahn Gyu-back of the Democratic Party named as President Lee Jae Myung's first defense minister nominee, Korea's defense industry is watching closely for clues on the future of a major next-generation warship program. At the center of industry attention is the Korea Next-Generation Destroyer (KDDX) project, a 7.8 trillion won ($5.78 billion) plan to domestically produce six 6,000-ton mini Aegis destroyers by 2030

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01:25

National Assembly committee approves $9.75B plan to...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

This article is by Jeong Hye-jeong and read by an artificial voice. The National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee on Tuesday approved a supplementary budget plan worth 13.2 trillion won ($9.75 billion) to fund consumer coupons aimed at revitalizing domestic consumption. The bipartisan decision was reached during a subcommittee meeting on budget review and fund management. The committee deleted a clause from the government's original proposal that required the central

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02:30

U.S. gov't nabs 29 'laptop farms' used by North...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

This article is by Suh You-jin and read by an artificial voice. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday that it had searched 29 sites in 16 states and seized 200 laptops used to remotely access American companies. Authorities also froze 29 financial accounts and shut down 21 fraudulent websites used in the operation. These laptop farms are illicit schemes that use stolen or forged American identities to help North Korean nationals obtain jobs at U.S. IT companies under

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03:11

APEC preparations on full throttle as lodging,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

This article is by Kim Su-min and read by an artificial voice. The government and industry alike are going all out with preparations for the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit - the first major international event to be hosted in Korea under the current administration. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) signed a preliminary contract earlier this month with Hong Kong-based cruise operator Astro Ocean to lease the Piano Land, a large cruise ship with 850

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04:24

One year after City Hall crash, Seoul prioritizes...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/07/01

This article is by Han Eun-hwa and read by an artificial voice. On the first anniversary of a deadly crash near City Hall in central Seoul that killed nine people, concerns grow over the rising number of traffic accidents caused by older drivers, prompting a focus on improved pedestrian protections and stricter licensing regulations. The incident occurred on July 1 last year, when a vehicle driven by a 69-year-old man, surnamed Cha, sped down a one-way street in the wrong direction and

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06:27

Facing low pay and long hours, elite students snub...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/30

This article is by Choi Min-ji and read by an artificial voice. The "Korean parents want their kids to become doctors" meme is no joke in Korea, even in the age of tech and science. The day after the successful launch of the homegrown Nuri rocket (KSLV-II) in June 2022, a post titled "The uncomfortable truth about KARI [Korea Aerospace Research Institute]" went viral on an anonymous online community for office workers. The post claimed that the researchers who developed the Nuri rocket

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07:02

The Labubu effect: Crowds continue at Korea's Pop...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/30

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. No Labubu, no problem. The most sought-after plush toy may have vanished from Pop Mart branches in Korea, but the stores are still swarming with people. In the middle of central Seoul's Myeong-dong neighborhood - known for the sweet scent of batter wafting from street stalls, flashy storefronts vying for attention and tourists dragging suitcases across lanes - one store stood out as the busiest. It was Pop Mart. Inside the

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04:22

She built K-pop boy bands — and a vision of hope...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/30

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. [INTERVIEW] K-pop has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past decade - and Kim Hye-im, CEO of Beat Interactive, has not only watched but also lived through it all from the inside. As one of the few female idol producers in the industry when she founded Beat Interactive in 2016, Kim has navigated the challenges of the traditionally male-dominated field while leading the careers of the rookie boy band Newbeat and

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02:07

Hong Kong's 1997 handover: A turning point in the...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/30

Roh Jung-tae The author is a writer and a senior fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research. At midnight on July 1, 1997, the Chinese flag was raised over the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The red banner with five yellow stars replaced the British Union Jack, marking the official end of British colonial rule and the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty. But empires do not last forever. The once-mighty British Empire, stretched thin by two world wars,

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05:30

Understanding the ‘I’ in denuclearization: Lessons...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/30

The author is the head of the diplomatic and security news department at the JoongAng Ilbo. Since the administration of former President Moon Jae-in, the phrase "complete denuclearization" has often been used in reference to North Korea. However, the longstanding international standard in denuclearization efforts remains "complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization," or CVID. The shift in terminology during the Moon government was not incidental. Ahead of the April 27, 2018,

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05:00

Can Korea’s conservative party find a way forward?

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/06/30

Kang Won-taek The author is a professor of political science and international relations at Seoul National University. A month has passed since Korea's presidential election, and while the transition lacked a formal committee, the Lee Jae Myung administration is quickly finding its footing. Despite some early controversy, appointments to key cabinet posts and the presidential office have largely been seen as steady and competent. After months of political upheaval, many citizens appear to

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