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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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03:08

Korea falls behind China in technology as science...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/23

Korea's technology gap with major competitors is widening, while fewer students are choosing science and engineering fields, raising concerns about the country's long-term competitiveness. According to the Ministry of Science and ICT's 2024 technology level assessment reported to the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology, Korea trails the United States by 2.8 years in overall technological capability. China's gap with the United States is 2.1 years, putting Korea 0.7

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04:27

Liquidity, not policy rhetoric, driving Korea’s asset...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/23

The author is the chief editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. The most striking change since the launch of the Lee Jae Myung administration has been in asset markets. The benchmark Kospi, which began near 2,700, is now approaching 6,000. Apartment prices in Seoul have risen every week without interruption. As stock and housing prices climb, the wealth gap between those who own assets and those who do not has widened sharply. A new divide has emerged between sudden winners and those left

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02:43

Girl group IVE shifts focus from self-love to 'us' in...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/23

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. IVE has long been preaching self-love through the "narcissistic" concept woven into its musical narrative. With its latest and second full-length album, "Revive+," the girl group is widening its gaze to reach beyond the self to embrace a broader "us." "Up until now, the message of our music was about 'me,' but this album expands that into 'us,'" said member Liz during a press showcase at Yes24 Live Hall in eastern Seoul on

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09:03

Centuries on stage: The heritage setting behind BTS’s...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/23

This article is by Jin Eun-soo and read by an artificial voice. BTS, for its much-anticipated comeback album, has chosen to go backward — not in sound or ambition, but in spirit. The septet, which is making a full-group comeback in nearly four years, wants to talk about "the team's root, starting point and internal stories," in its upcoming album, according to its agency HYBE. Music is not the only medium the group is using to convey that message. Its deliberate choice of Gwanghwamun

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05:31

Star producer Kim Tae-ho shares that Blackpink's...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/23

This article is by Kim Ji-ye and read by an artificial voice. In an era when gifts are often reduced to a few taps on KakaoTalk — Korea's most used messenger app — MBC's latest reality show, "The Secret Friends Club," created by star producer Kim Tae-ho, turns its focus back to what it means to give a gift. The producer revealed that the heartfelt concept traces back to a resonant comment by Blackpink's Jennie. "Last August, Jennie told us she wanted to create content that could feel like

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04:46

Girl group Apink proves how it outlasted the...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/23

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. In 2011, seven teenagers in pink skirts made their debut as a girl group, singing songs about crushes and first heartbreaks and embodying a bright and innocent image. Fifteen years later, after each member having explored their own paths, Apink, now a quintet in their 30s, returned — still wearing the same shade of pink. During the final show of its "The Origin: Apink" concert in central Seoul on Sunday, Apink greeted its fans

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02:52

Exports hit new 20-day record in February as global...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/23

This article is by Jeong Jae-hong and read by an artificial voice. Korea's exports totaled $43.5 billion from Feb. 1 to Friday, the highest ever recorded for a 20-day period, driven by a sharp jump in semiconductor shipments amid expanding demand for AI. Outbound shipments rose 23.5 percent from a year earlier, according to the Korea Customs Service on Monday. The previous record, from Dec. 1 to 20, 2025, was $43 billion. Average daily exports, adjusted for working days, came to $3.35

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03:08

서울시청 지하에 새 갤러리…여가와 도시 비전 결합

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/22

This article is by Cho Jung-woo and read by an artificial voice.서울시청 지하에 새로 문을 연 복합문화공간 서울갤러리 1관에 전시된 서울시 미래 모습 모형. [서울시] A new gallery under Seoul City Hall blends leisure and civic vision 서울시청 지하에 새 갤러리…여가와 도시 비전 결합 Korea JoongAng Daily 6면 기사 Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026 Visitors move in and out of exhibition halls lit with digital lighting, passing glowing walls and city-themed souvenir shops. An illuminated globe stands out, with people gathered in front, watching as information on cities

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03:48

Chez Laurent lures lovers of French cuisine for those...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/22

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. [AMBASSADOR'S TABLE - RESTAURANT REVIEW] Type a name of almost any restaurant into a search engine today and a flood of blog posts and reviews appears, even for places that opened only weeks ago. Search for classic French restaurant Chez Laurent, however, and almost nothing turns up. "I asked Naver to remove my restaurant from its webpage," said owner Laurent Min. Naver is Korea's largest search engine. He wanted the place to

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10:09

French envoy in Seoul says both nations can 'conquer...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/22

This article is by Seo Ji-eun and read by an artificial voice. Seoul's ambassadors are often gastronomes keen to share a taste of their home cuisine. In this series, the Korea JoongAng Daily asks the diplomatic corps to introduce our readers to their favorite restaurants representing cuisine from their homelands, while chatting about issues of interest to our Korean and global audience. — Ed. For French Ambassador Philippe Bertoux, an avid hiker who enjoys exploring South Korea's

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07:47

Galaxy S26 debuts make-or-break moment for Samsung’s...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/22

This article is by Lee Jae-lim and read by an artificial voice. [EXPLAINER] In the absence of headline-grabbing hardware changes, the upcoming Galaxy S26 series is poised to become a key test of Samsung's chip capabilities as its own chipset will be fitted into the new model for a certain markets. The decision reflects a bid at redemption for Samsung, after the in-house Exynos processor has been sidelined over Qualcomm's Snapdragon in its premium smartphones because of underwhelming

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03:32

Zhang Youxia, Lin Biao and Zhang Guotao

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/22

Shin Kyung-jin The author is the Beijing bureau chief of the JoongAng Ilbo. It will be one month tomorrow since Zhang Youxia, the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and long regarded as the No. 2 figure in China's military hierarchy, was purged. Despite the intense scrutiny from global media, Beijing has remained calm, even as two figures from the 105-year history of the Chinese Communist Party have been thrust back into the spotlight. The first is Lin Biao (1907-1971),

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03:22

Do I need a smartphone?

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/22

This article is by Kim Dong-eun and read by an artificial voice. Daemyung Hwang The author is a student at Seoul Beodle Elementary School. As I waited for the bus, I was using my smartphone to watch YouTubers build Lego tanks. "Oh, too bad I didn't bring those bricks with me," I thought. "I really want to build that!" When the bus came, I heard the usual loud vrooming sound and a little squeak as it stopped. Without letting my eyes come unglued from the phone, I started to get on the bus

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04:38

Housing is a place to live, not an asset for speculation

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/22

Park Moon-soo The author is the chairman of Future & Values and the director of the Korea Peace-making foundation. Housing, at its core, is not a financial instrument but a place where people live. Yet Korea's housing market, shaped by chronic supply shortages, has long been infused with speculative impulses. The result has been the normalization of residential insecurity. The gap between those who own homes and those who do not has widened, and "where one lives" has come to determine not

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04:49

How a meteoric rise in power can wreck conservatism

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/22

Seo Seung-wook The author is the chief editor of digital content at the JoongAng Ilbo. Jang Dong-hyeok, the leader of the People Power Party (PPP), first won a National Assembly seat in a by-election in June 2022. His career in national politics is not yet four years old. I first met him at a dinner in October 2024, exactly six months after the PPP, then led by interim chief Han Dong-hoon, suffered a historic defeat in the general election. At the time, Jang was widely seen as Han's

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05:47

A world neatly divided between good and evil

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/22

Keum Tae Sup The author is a former lawmaker and prosecutor. If one were to single out the two most dramatic scenes from the night of the Dec. 3 martial law declaration, they would likely be these: National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik vaulting over the fence of the Assembly compound to pass a resolution lifting martial law, and Democratic Party (DP) spokesperson Ahn Gwi-ryeong grappling with the barrel of a soldier's rifle, trying to hold it back with her bare hands. Their courage —

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03:37

Korea to move ahead with $350B in investments in U.S....

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/22

This article is by Yoon Sung-min and read by an artificial voice. Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidating reciprocal tariffs, Korea will proceed as planned with $350 billion in investments in the United States. Wi Sung-lac, national security adviser, and Kim Yong-beom, presidential chief of staff for policy, met on Friday with related ministries to discuss pending trade issues, including the investment deal, a senior Blue House official said on Sunday. The U.S. Supreme Court on

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07:23

As North Korea’s party congress opens, Kim asserts...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/20

This article is by Seo Ji-eun, Shim Seok-kyong and read by an artificial voice. Upon opening the ruling Workers' Party's Ninth Congress in Pyongyang, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared adamant that the nation's current status — widely interpreted as a de facto nuclear state — will not be rolled back as he declared that "the position of our state was firmly consolidated as an irreversible one." The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday that the congress

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05:34

‘Ice Princess’ Choi Min-jeong’s short track reign...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/20

This article is by Yoon Seung-jin and read by an artificial voice. Adding a silver to her already historic medal collection, Korea's "Ice Princess" Choi Min-jeong has officially rewritten the nation's Olympic history books. At the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday, the short track speed skater finished second in the 1,500-meter event behind fellow Korean Kim Gil-li. The silver brought her career total to seven Olympic medals — four gold and three silver — making her the most

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06:41

[WHY] Has the Korean market become optional for K-pop?

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2026/02/20

This article is by Shin Ha-nee and read by an artificial voice. There is little debate that boy band Stray Kids stands among the most commercially formidable acts in contemporary pop. The group has sold out stadiums from Los Angeles to Paris, sells millions of album copies, made history as the first act ever to debut eight consecutive albums at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and recently ranked second on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's Global Artist Chart. And yet,

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