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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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01:16

White House flips, sets Korea's tariff rate at 25%,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/04

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. The White House once again changed its mind and set Korea's reciprocal tariff rate at 25 percent on Thursday, officially revising the number down from the 26 percent written in the executive order's annex. The annex's 26 percent contradicted the chart that U.S. President Donald Trump held during his White House announcement, which read 25 percent. The White House posted the same chart to its official X account. Immediately

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03:20

Constitutional Court set to rule on Korean President...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

This article is by Michael Lee and read by an artificial voice. Almost four months after the night that President Yoon Suk Yeol imposed martial law, Koreans will learn today if he will be ousted or remain in office. The Constitutional Court is due to announce its ultimate decision on Yoon's fate a little after 11 a.m., when the reading of the verdict begins. The ruling comes 111 days after the National Assembly, which is controlled by the liberal Democratic Party (DP), voted to impeach

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03:01

Letter to the editor: Cutting greenhouse gas...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

Terry Hansen Reader from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stopping Earth's warming is not consistent with the Donald Trump administration's agenda of "Drill, baby, drill!" and "American energy dominance." While it's true that some forms of fossil fuel generation are cleaner than others, they are all increasing the concentration of heat-trapping carbon in the atmosphere. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, "Limiting global mean temperature increase at any level requires global

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04:26

Embracing the ‘Angry Lion’

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

Kim Ho-jung The author is a reporter of classical music at the JoongAng Ilbo. "Let's burn down the opera houses." The composer and conductor Pierre Boulez (1925 - 2016) hurled verbal grenades with reckless frequency. He scorned concert halls that had become little more than museums, and he distrusted tradition. It was Boulez who famously declared, "Schoenberg is dead," despite once being enthralled by the composer's groundbreaking techniques - which had revolutionized musical language on

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06:10

Turmoil in Washington and U.S. power in Asia

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

Michael Green The author is the CEO of the U.S. Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and the Henry A. Kissinger Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The people of Korean and the United States are both watching unprecedented political tumult in their nations' capitals. In Washington, the Donald Trump administration is more than two months into the most disruptive start of any U.S. administration in modern memory. President Trump and his billionaire buddy Elon

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04:44

In a time of crisis, Koreans recall the unlikely...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

Lee Sang-jai The author is a deputy director of economy and industry news at the JoongAng Ilbo. As Korea braces for a potential trade war and mounting economic uncertainty, the story of Choi Myung-jae - a dairy entrepreneur turned education reformer - is drawing renewed attention. On April 2, the Trump administration announced a 26 percent reciprocal tariff on Korean imports, the highest rate among U.S. free trade agreement partners. Vietnam, China, and India were also hit with significant

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06:15

As Court rules on impeachment, a call for reform over...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

Kim Jung-ha The author is the politics editor at the JoongAng Ilbo. At 11 a.m. today, the Constitutional Court is set to deliver a landmark ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, a decision likely to send profound ripples through the nation's already turbulent political landscape. Given the extensive authority vested in the presidency, the outcome, whichever way it leans, is certain to resonate deeply throughout society. Yet interpreting the past 123 days - marked by martial law,

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02:36

Trump declares end of free trade, signaling shift...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled a sweeping plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world, marking what many see as a formal break from the era of postwar free trade. While Trump celebrated April 2 as a "day of liberation," critics argue it may be remembered instead as the day the global trade system began to unravel. In a sharply worded editorial, The Wall Street Journal warned that the measures could "blow up the global trade system," adding that the new

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02:32

Impeachment decision day: unity or further chaos?

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

Today, Korea turns a critical page as the Constitutional Court announces its verdict on President Yoon Suk Yeol, 111 days after the National Assembly impeached him. During these tumultuous months, the nation has struggled with an economic downturn, deepening hardships for ordinary citizens. This day must mark the end of the national crisis and the political and social turmoil gripping the country. Public sentiment is sharply divided, perhaps even more intensely than during former President

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03:49

All eyes on Constitutional Court on eve of historic...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

This article is by Michael Lee and read by an artificial voice. For the second time in less than a decade, Koreans find themselves bracing for a historic ruling by the Constitutional Court on a presidential impeachment. The court on Thursday entered the final stage of preparations for its ultimate decision on President Yoon Suk Yeol's fate, which is expected to be known a little after 11 a.m. on Friday, when the reading of the verdict begins. Though the eight justices had already reached a

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04:52

Tariff negotiations with Trump now or never, experts say

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. With U.S. President Donald Trump slapping unexpectedly hefty 26 percent reciprocal tariffs on Korea, experts urge the country to prepare for nationwide negotiations to lower the rate. Korea's technological prowess in shipbuilding, potential engagement in Alaska's liquid natural gas (LNG) project and concession on beef imports could be bargaining chips, being sectors in which the United States asked for Korea's help as an

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04:30

14,000 police, seas of ralliers flood Seoul ahead of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

This article is by Kim Min-young and read by an artificial voice. People began to gather in central Seoul on Thursday in the tens of thousands, a day ahead of the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol, with the police ready to initiate 100 percent-mobilization, amid fears of political violence. Rallies across the political spectrum convened in various locations near the Constitutional Court in an all-out push. Protesters both supporting and opposing Yoon's impeachment have been

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03:30

Samsung faces Galaxy price conundrum as Vietnam hit...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

This article is by Jin Eun-soo and read by an artificial voice. The imposition of a 46 percent tariff on Vietnamese imports by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday is set to deal a significant blow to Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, which produce major electronic products in the Southeast Asian country including Galaxy smartphones. The Trump administration announced a list of levies imposed on select trading partners, with Vietnam, a major manufacturing hub for Korean

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02:45

Two tons of cocaine seized from foreign ship in...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

This article is by Im Soung-bin, Lim Jeong-won and read by an artificial voice. In perhaps the biggest drug seizure in Korea's history, customs and Coast Guard authorities discovered nearly two tons of cocaine aboard a foreign cargo ship that docked at Okgye Port in Gangneung, Gangwon, on Thursday. According to the Korea Customs Service and the Coast Guard, the seizure marks the largest volume of narcotics uncovered in the country since 404 kilograms of methamphetamine were seized in

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01:02

Korea's Trump tariff is 26 percent, not 25 percent,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. An annex to the "reciprocal tariff" executive order released by the White House listed Korea's rate at 26 percent, higher than the 25 percent U.S. President Donald Trump had announced in Washington earlier on Wednesday, which the Korean government and nationwide media outlets reported soon after. A White House official confirmed to Yonhap News Agency that the new tariff's implementation would follow the release of the annex but

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07:34

Forgotten art of jinchae painting makes silk canvas...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

This article is by Shin Min-hee and read by an artificial voice. [REVIEW] For the past four years as a culture reporter covering the arts, from paintings and sculptures to design and crafts, I've visited many exhibitions, talked to plenty of artists and reported extensively on the industry, namely, fairs and auctions. The only thing I hadn't done during this time was to hold a paintbrush. In my defense, the thought never crossed my mind. My primary job is to write about the brilliant

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02:03

Liberal parties find majority in April by-elections

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/03

This article is by Cho Jung-woo and read by an artificial voice. Liberal parties secured a strong victory in the April 2 by-elections, winning four of the five local government head positions. The low-key elections were seen as a barometer of public sentiment ahead of the Constitutional Court's ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, given they were the first nationwide elections since his botched attempt to impose martial law last December. Voter turnout stood at 26.27 percent

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05:07

Off-roader, family car. Can the Kia Tasman ute be both?

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/02

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. [TEST DRIVE] INJE COUNTY, Gangwon - Kia's unveiling of the Tasman ute surprised many - and disappointed some - due to its unusual and unconventional styling cues. The boundary-pushing design may have come to tackle the late-coming car's arduous and greedy task: Challenging the longstanding two contenders, Ford's Ranger and Toyota's Hilux, in the pickup market. Kia may have thought the only way to give it a try was to make

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02:24

'More aggressive than expected': Trump's announces...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/02

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. U.S. President Donald Trump announced "reciprocal tariffs" on Korea that are more severe than expected despite a slew of Korean companies recently announcing massive investment commitments in the United States. In a press conference at the White House on Wednesday, the president announced a regime of tariffs he described as reciprocal to tariffs and nontariff barriers for U.S. goods and services imposed by trade partners. At

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02:50

Trump hits Korea with 25% 'reciprocal' tariffs

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/04/02

This article is by Yonhap, Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced plans to impose 25 percent "reciprocal" tariffs on Korea as he seeks to cut America's trade deficits and bolster domestic manufacturing. Korea was selected as one of the "worst offenders" by the White House to apply higher rates along with China and Japan while Trump declared a 10 percent "baseline" tariff on all foreign countries. Trump made the much-anticipated

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