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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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02:12

Instant ramen but Ferrari: The ‘Poverty Challenge’...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

This article is by Bae Jae-sung and read by an artificial voice.A so-called "poverty challenge" circulating on social media has drawn criticism for trivializing economic hardship, as users post pictures flaunting their wealth while claiming to suffer from terrible poverty. These posts, often consumed as memes, juxtapose images of financial comfort with captions highlighting supposed financial struggle. On platforms such as Instagram and X, photos have emerged showing meals like kimbap or

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02:12

Instant ramen but Ferrari: The ‘Poverty Challenge’...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

This article is by Bae Jae-sung and read by an artificial voice. A so-called "poverty challenge" circulating on social media has drawn criticism for trivializing economic hardship, as users post pictures flaunting their wealth while claiming to suffer from terrible poverty. These posts, often consumed as memes, juxtapose images of financial comfort with captions highlighting supposed financial struggle. On platforms such as Instagram and X, photos have emerged showing meals like kimbap or

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03:51

Exodus of U.S. clients pushes Korean battery makers...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice.Korean battery manufacturers find themselves at a critical crossroads, as global clients - reeling from a prolonged slump in global EV demand - have walked away from previously pledged multi-billion-dollar contracts. While firms are seeking to pivot toward Europe's relatively less-regulated EV market and the energy storage system (ESS) segment, this recalibration offers little room for optimism due to the ubiquitous presence of

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03:51

Exodus of U.S. clients pushes Korean battery makers...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. Korean battery manufacturers find themselves at a critical crossroads, as global clients - reeling from a prolonged slump in global EV demand - have walked away from previously pledged multi-billion-dollar contracts. While firms are seeking to pivot toward Europe's relatively less-regulated EV market and the energy storage system (ESS) segment, this recalibration offers little room for optimism due to the ubiquitous presence of

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03:01

Thailand and Cambodia sign truce to halt fierce...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Saturday to halt weeks of fierce border clashes, the worst fighting in years between the Southeast Asian countries that has included fighter jets sorties, exchange of rocket fire and artillery barrages. "Both sides agree to maintain current troop deployments without further movement," their defence ministers said in a joint statement on the ceasefire, to take effect at noon. "Any reinforcement would heighten tensions and negatively affect long-term efforts

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03:32

Yuan breaks 7-per-dollar mark amid weak dollar,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

This article is by Jang Seo-yun and read by an artificial voice. The Chinese yuan has surged past the "seven yuan per dollar" mark for the first time in 15 months amid a weaker U.S. dollar, potentially signaling gains for the Korean won, which often moves in step with the yuan. The yuan traded at 6.9996 per dollar in China's offshore market (CNH) on Dec. 25, a modest appreciation of 0.0048 yuan from the previous session. This marked the first time the yuan has dipped below seven yuan per

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01:59

Ex-NCT member Taeil sentenced to 3 years, 6 months...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. Taeil, a former member of K-pop boy band NCT, has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison on charges of sexual assault. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the lower court's ruling by rejecting an appeal filed by Taeil and his two friends, surnamed Lee and Hong, who had been indicted on charges of special quasi-rape under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes. Special quasi-rape

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01:59

Ex-NCT member Taeil sentenced to 3 years, 6 months...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. Taeil, a former member of K-pop boy band NCT, has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison on charges of sexual assault. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the lower court's ruling by rejecting an appeal filed by Taeil and his two friends, surnamed Lee and Hong, who had been indicted on charges of special quasi-rape under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes. Special quasi-rape

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02:41

Inside the story behind President Lee’s enduring...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

This article is by Ha Jun-ho and read by an artificial voice. "My younger sister, who passed away, used to sell yogurt. She told me how hard the work was," President Lee Jae Myung said while holding the hand of a yogurt vendor at Bujeon Market in Busan on Dec. 23. Lee bought 13 bottles of a fermented milk drink marketed for liver health, priced at 2,700 won ($1.87) each, and handed them out to aides, including Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik, and

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02:22

Registered foreign nationals in Korea hit record 1.6...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. The number of registered foreign residents staying in the country stood at 1.61 million as of November, up 9 percent from a year earlier when the figure was 1.49 million, according to the data from the Ministry of Justice's Immigration and Foreign Policy Bureau. Registered foreign nationals are individuals who enter Korea for academic or employment purposes with the intention of staying for more than 90 days and who complete

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02:22

Registered foreign nationals in Korea hit record 1.6...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/27

This article is by Sarah Chea and read by an artificial voice. The number of registered foreign residents staying in the country stood at 1.61 million as of November, up 9 percent from a year earlier when the figure was 1.49 million, according to the data from the Ministry of Justice's Immigration and Foreign Policy Bureau. Registered foreign nationals are individuals who enter Korea for academic or employment purposes with the intention of staying for more than 90 days and who complete

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05:02

Sageuk fantasy musicals gain popularity as theater...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/26

This article is by Lee Jian and read by an artificial voice.Over the past decade, Korean musical theater has looked outward for inspiration. Many of the large, commercial productions that drive the local scene feature Korean actors in blond wigs and medieval European costumes as they call themselves and others names like Armand and Mercédès. Of course, those shows still exist and remain among this year's best-selling musicals, but a new genre is emerging as a potential rival. Among this

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04:01

Wanted by the FBI for $7 million: North Korea’s...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/26

This article is by Ha Su-young and read by an artificial voice.For years, U.S. investigators say he moved money for Pyongyang in the shadows, laundering stolen cryptocurrency across borders and buying everything from Marlboro tobacco to helicopters. Now the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has put a $7 million price on Sim Hyon-sop, an alleged financial fixer for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's regime. U.S. authorities believe Sim played a central role in laundering cryptocurrency

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07:23

Is $400 billion enough? Korea wrestles with foreign...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/26

This article is by Park Yu-mi and read by an artificial voice.Korea's $400 billion foreign reserve has come under scrutiny as the country strives to weather the headwinds of an ongoing drop in the won's value against the dollar, as well as the soon-to-begin $20 billion annual investment requirement for the United States. Foreign exchange reserves refer to foreign currency-denominated assets held to offset balance-of-payments imbalances or stabilize the foreign exchange market. In short,

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03:31

Korean tech giants to unveil AI-powered robots and...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/26

This article is by Yi Woo-lim and read by an artificial voice. Korean tech companies are making their final preparations for CES 2026, the world's largest consumer electronics trade show, which will take place from Jan. 6 to 9, 2026. Themed "Innovators Show Up," the event will feature over 4,500 companies from around the globe. While CES 2025 explored the potential of AI technology under the theme "Dive In," next year's show will go a step further by focusing on how AI can tangibly change

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04:40

From sea snails to barnacles — here are some of...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/25

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice.In 2019, the country recorded the world's second-highest per capita seafood consumption at 56.6 kilograms (128 pounds) - more than double the global average of about 20 kilograms - according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Yet some of the seafood dishes Koreans cherish remain largely unknown beyond the peninsula. Sea snails, called golbaengi in Korean, are a representative case. While the species is

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05:58

The yellowtail: The raw fish young Koreans will brave...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/25

This article is by Woo Ji-won and read by an artificial voice. Black padded jackets zipped to the chin. Scarves pulled tight around necks. On a recent Wednesday afternoon in Hongdae, Mapo District, western Seoul, roughly 100 people stood outside a sashimi restaurant, stamping their feet to keep warm. "We've been waiting for about an hour," said Kim Min-ji, who stood near the front of the queue with two friends, braving the cold for what everyone else was there for as well - thick slices of

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07:05

Older men fall into isolation as employment ends,...

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/25

This article is by Special Reporting Team and read by an artificial voice. A growing number of middle-aged and older Korean men are falling into "relationship poverty," as unemployment, retirement and family discord sever social ties and push them into isolation that existing welfare systems struggle to reach. Those affected by relationship poverty often did not see it coming, as in the case of 67-year-old Kim Sang-min, who worked for more than 20 years at a major construction company

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02:26

Vibe coding and how to deploy AI

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/25

The author is a professor at Unist and the head of the Global Industry-University Cooperation Center.The word chosen by Britain's Collins Dictionary this year is "vibe coding." The idea is simple but disruptive: Give instructions in natural language and AI writes the code instantly. "Vibe" refers to a distinctly human intuition and sense of direction that grasps the essence of a system. In such a world, intention matters more than algorithms and context more than syntax. For years,

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05:08

The risky dream of NPS head Kim Sung-joo

Korea JoongAng Daily - Daily News from Korea ·

2025/12/25

The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. Six months after the launch of the Lee Jae Myung administration, the government has appointed a new official to oversee Koreans' retirement savings. On Dec. 15, Kim Sung-joo, a former lawmaker from the Democratic Party, once again assumed office as chair of the National Pension Service (NPS), a role he had previously held from 2017-2020. Kim had sought the party's nomination ahead of the April general election last year in the Jeonju

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