Starting with the Seoul metropolitan area on the way home from work, the rainy season is expected to spread across the country again tonight and continue until tomorrow afternoon. It looks like a lot of rain will fall by tomorrow. As for the amount of rain, up to 120 millimeters in the Chungcheong-do provinces and … Read more
(NGUYEN) Q1. The FOMC minutes were unveiled on Wednesday, while Fed Chair Jerome Powell made some important remarks during his closely watched speech at a central banking forum in Portugal. What are the key takeaways from them? (KIM) Q2. South Korea’s consumer prices remained in the 2-percent range for the third straight month in June. … Read more
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Staying with the economy. The government also plans to offer tax breaks to businesses that work to boost their corporate value. Choi Min-jung has details. South Korea has unveiled measures to foster the growth of new industries. The Finance Ministry revealed a roadmap on Wednesday, that aims to incentivize companies that enhance their corporate value … Read more
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday nominated Lee Jin-sook for the chair of the Korea Communications Committee. Now this is the third nomination for the post over the course of a year as the previous chairs stepped down amid impeachment plans by opposition lawmakers. Lee Jin-sook who is currently the head of the Daejeon branch … Read more
The White House has reaffirmed President Joe Biden’s bid for re-election this November amid rampant speculation about a potential surrender following a U.S. media report quoting a “key ally”. Lee Seung-jae explains. A report by the New York Times Wednesday led to a wave of speculation that U.S. President Joe Biden was considering dropping out … Read more
Members of K-pop girl group New Jeans have been elected as honorary tourism ambassadors for Korea this year. The official appointment ceremony by the Korea Tourism Organization will take place next Thursday that is July 11th. Last week New Jeans was on stage at the Tokyo Dome for two days where over 90-thousand fans gathered … Read more
The harvesting of strawberries is no longer dictated by seasonal laws thanks to advances in technology that have also allowed for dramatic drops in related costs. Cha Yun-kyung tells us how. This is a strawberry farm in Pyeongtaek , Gyeonggi-do Province. Farmers usually finish harvesting strawberries at the end of May, however, a strawberry harvest … Read more
Urban forests here in the country appear to be emerging as places of refuge for a number of endangered wildlife prompting calls for proper research and support efforts. Lee Eun-jin has more. In this small forest, surrounded by houses and apartments in the city center of Gangneung in Gangwon-do Province, the endangered flying squirrel has … Read more
Let’s take a look at the latest news in ‘The World Now’. Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed relations with China, saying they are “at their best period in history,” as he met with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Both Putin and Xi … Read more
