The 21st century has seen a boom in learning Korean around the world. The wave began in the early 2000s as hallyu gained popularity in Asia and grew in the 2010s as K-pop swept the world. Universities around the world have started and expanded Korean language classes, online classes have boomed, and K-pop fans have created informal learning networks spanning the globe. Meanwhile, the number of foreign students studying in South Korea grew rapidly, only to be cut short by travel restrictions duri

2) 파트 5 3문제 1. About half of the individuals who want a driver's license make several ------- before they finally pass the driving test. (A) chances (B) attempts (C) trials (D) risks 해석-- 운전면허를 원하는 사람들 중 절반가량이 최종적으로 운전면허 시험을 통과하기 전 몇 차례의 시도를 한다. 해설-- 명사 어휘 문제 ‘운전면허를 원하는 사람들 중 절반가량이 몇 차례의 시도를 한다’라는 문맥이 되어야 하므로 빈칸 앞의 make와 함께 ‘시도하다’라는 의미의 표현 make an attempt를 완성하는 명사 (B) attempts가 정답이다. 참고로 (A) chance는 ‘기회, 계기’, (C) trial은 ‘재판, 시험’, (D) ris

< 진행자: 홍유, Beth Eunhee Hong 1. Naver's Webtoon ranked one of world's most innovative platforms   기사요약: 네이버웹툰, ‘미디어 혁신 기업’ 1위 올라   [1] Webtoon, South Korean tech giant Naver’s digital comics platform, has been ranked No. 8 on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2023. *tech giant: 테크 대기업 *innovative: 혁신적인   [2] Fast Company is a monthly American business magazine that publishes an annual ranki

“AI passes US medical licensing exam.” “ChatGPT passes law school exams despite ‘mediocre’ performance.” “Would ChatGPT get a Wharton MBA?” Headlines such as these have recently touted (and often exaggerated) the successes of ChatGPT. These successes follow a long tradition of comparing AI‘s abilities to those of human experts, such as Deep Blue’s chess victory over Garry Kasparov in 1997, IBM Watson’s “Jeopardy!” vict

On Monday, the South Korean government announced solutions regarding the issue of forced labor, one of the sources of diplomatic friction between South Korea and Japan. If Korea-Japan relations improve, Seoul can expect to have a positive impact on responding to the North Korean nuclear threat and expanding diplomatic space toward a global theater. However, whether the situation will unfold as the Yoon Suk Yeol government wishes is unclear. This is because the Yoon administration announced solut

North Korean women should fulfill their roles as wives, daughters-in-law and mothers to support their husbands and children in pushing forward the country's prosperity and development, its state-controlled media said in an editorial marking International Women’s Day on Wednesday. Stressing women’s traditional roles according to Confucianism, the editorial piece published by Rodong Sinmun also said that the women should have many children and raise them to contribute to the cou

Find the answer at the bottom of the page. You may have discovered Korean dramas through Netflix. But well before the advent of streaming platforms, they were the main driver of Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, across Asia. And many say the phenomenon of the global popularity of Korean drama, music and pop culture was pioneered by 2002 KBS TV drama hit "Winter Sonata." The series has all the landmark cliches of K-drama. It tells the love story of Joon-sang, a businessman played by act

이번 회에는 저희 책 Advanced Vocab에서 소개한 중상급 영단어들을 알려드립니다. 단어의 우리말 뜻을 기억하는 데에서 그치지 않고, 난이도 있는 단어를 실제로 활용하는 단계까지 나아가 보기 바랍니다. 〈 경제적 부유함이나 결핍〉 1. underprivileged [ʌ̀ndərprívəlidʒd] 경제적으로 어려운, 소외 계층인 가난하거나 불우하다고 직설적으로 표현하면 차별적으로 들릴 수 있으므로 from low income family(저소득 가정 출신), in low income bracket(저소득층에 속한), needy(도움을 필요로 하는) 등으로 순화해서 말하는 경우가 많다. underprivileged는 ‘특혜를 덜 받았다’는 뜻이지만, 경제적으로 어려운 처지임을 완곡하게 표현할 때 쓴다. Despite growing up with a severely underprivileged background, the CEO

Recently, two of my friends sent me two radically different articles on the MZ generations. A Korean friend of mine sent me an interesting piece of writing that presumably someone had posted on the internet. The title was “An Era of Super-reversal and Reverse Mentoring.” An American friend of mine sent me an article titled, “Gen Z Is Apparently Baffled by Basic Technology” by Victor Tangermann. The article on reverse mentoring solemnly announces, “We are now living

Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday premiered the all-new Kona Electric, the automaker's latest addition to its expanding portfolio of all-battery electric vehicles, in a video on its YouTube channel. According to the carmaker, the latest EV can drive 410 kilometers or more on a single charge, the longest driving length among EVs in the same classification. Hyundai Motor plans to present the all-new Kona Electric for the first time in an offline setting at the upcoming Seoul Mobility Show schedu

Alpha Motor Corporation, a US electric vehicle developer, will make its debut at the upcoming Seoul Mobility Show, which runs from March 30 to April 9 at Kintex in Gyeonggi Province, the event organizers said Tuesday. Established in 2020 in California by a group of automotive, IT and financial experts led by Korean-Americans, Alpha Motor will unveil its EV pickup trucks Wolf and Wolf Plus at the event.