Subzero temperatures are expected throughout 4-day Lunar New Year holiday and could plummet to minus 17 degrees Celsius Tuesday morning, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. On Saturday, the first day of the four-day holiday, clear skies are expected for the central region but southern regions are projected to have some rain. Temperature is expected to drop for most regions by five to 10 degrees Celsius, compared to the day before, with officials saying there is a possibility of

재미있는 영어 표현과 사역동사(make, have, let), 지각동사(see, hear, feel, notice, watch) 정리 ‘Tom은 뒤끝 있는 사람이다’를 영어로 어떻게 할까? 영작의 할 떄 우리말 단어 하나하나를 영어로 옮기려고 하면 올바른 답을 찾을 수 없는 경우가 많다. 예를 들어 ‘Tom은 뒤끝 있는 사람이다’를 영작할 때 ‘뒤 끝이 영어로 뭐지?’를 고민하다가는 올바른 영작을 할 수가 없다. 모범답안은 Tom doesn’t let anything slide.이다. 즉, Tom은 어떤 것도 그냥 지나가지 않는다는 의미이다. 비슷한 의미로 ‘이번에는 봐준다!’는 I’ll let it slide this time.로 표현 할 수 있다. 이 표현을 필자는 EBS 영국인 선생님 Peter에게 배웠다. 한국말도 잘 하시는 분인데 고민하시다가 이 문장(Tom do

Food and bakery giant SPC Group said Thursday that it has opened the first Paris Baguette store in Malaysia on a 264-square-meter site at the Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, the capital’s biggest shopping center in the heart of the major commercial district of Bukit Bintang. The latest store opening comes six months after a joint venture -- Berjaya Paris Baguette Sdn. Bhd. -- was launched in partnership with Berjaya Group, a Malaysia-based property developer. SPC is expanding its presence in the So

Hyundai Motor Group on Wednesday displayed Genesis X, a concept electric vehicle, at the Korea Night event held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to promote the country's bid to host the World Expo 2030 in the southern port city of Busan, the automaker said Thursday. A total of 58 Hyundai Motor vehicles wrapped with the slogan "World Expo 2030 Busan, Korea" has been driving around the Swiss city this week to help Korea's bidding campaign.

2) 파트 5 3문제 1. The board considers the Wickmark Company's newest venture ------- although several investors are willing to put money into the project. (A) simple (B) risky (C) acute (D) vital 해석-- 몇 명의 투자자들이 프로젝트에 돈을 투자할 의향이 있음에도 불구하고, 이사회 측은 Wickmark사의 신규 벤처 사업이 위험하다고 여긴다. 해설-- 형용사 어휘 문제 ‘이사회 측은 Wickmark사의 신규 벤처 사업이 위험하다고 여긴다’는 문맥이 되어야 하므로 ‘위험한’의 뜻을 지닌 형용사 (B) risky가 정답이다. 참고로 (A) simple은 ‘간단한, 단순한’, (C) acute는 ‘예리한, 날카로운’, 그리고 (D) vi

Russia’s war in Ukraine has affected political life in countries around the world, and this influence has been greater in the countries that are politically closest not to Ukraine but to Russia. Because Ukraine is a democracy and Russia is an authoritarian kleptocracy, the war has highlighted a fundamental clash between alternative political systems. This dynamic raises the stakes considerably, because a military defeat for the democracy could be an invitation to dictators elsewhere to p

Amid the fractious relationship between Seoul and Tokyo, a heartwarming event illuminated a path forward, paying homage to courageous individuals past and present. The occasion: presentation of an award memorializing a legendary Korean independence fighter. The recipient: former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who has advocated his country’s “infinite responsibility” as a former colonizer. For years, Hatoyama has been the most vocal -- and solitary -- mainstream Japanes

Amogy, a US clean energy startup, has successfully conducted a test drive of the world's first ammonia-powered, zero-emission semi truck, SK Innovation said Wednesday. The semi truck secured 900 kilowatt-hours of net electric energy after eight minutes of fueling process that used Amogy's ammonia-to-fuel technology. SK Innovation invested $30 million in Amogy in June last year.

Test your knowledge of Korea with our weekly quiz on the language, culture, history or anything K-related. Find the answer at the bottom of the page. Upon entering certain Seoul subway cars, there are single seats at the end of a row, colored in pink. These pink seats mark priority sitting exclusively for pregnant women, a system that was first introduced by the Seoul government for transit buses in 2009 and the subway in 2013. Since then, pregnancy priority seating has been added to publi

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. 〈비호감을 강조하는 단어들〉 1. infamous [ínfəməs] 악명 높은 notorious뿐 아니라 infamous도 famous의 반대말이다. in(not)+famous로 구성되어 ‘악명 높은’이라는 뜻을 지닌다. Monica Lewinsky's infamous blue dress that was submitted to the Independent Counsel was finally returned to her. 모니카 르윈스키가 특별검사에게 제출한 그 유명한 푸른색 드레스는 결국 르윈스키에게 돌아갔다. ● LA는 대기오염과 교통체증으로 악명 높다. LA is infamous for polluted air and traff

By Jeffrey D. Sachs BELEM, Brazil – I write today from Brazil to inaugurate a new series of columns for The Korea Herald. My columns will discuss the dramatic changes underway in the world economy, and how these changes affect Korea. Most importantly, I will analyze how new forms of global cooperation, including Korea, China, the US, and the rest of the world, can be implemented to face the world’s growing crises. Brazil is in fact an excellent place to launch the new column. At th

In an annual exercise since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sets its Doomsday Clock to provide an educated guess of how close humanity is to the apocalypse. The organization will announce its 2023 clock this month, and I expect the outlook is bleaker. If the United States responds to rising nuclear danger with more arms control instead of more weapons, it could help push the clock’s hands back again. Last year was a reminder that the nuclear threat most of us spend little time

Merriam-Webster has announced that “gaslighting” is the official word of the year for 2022. Indeed, the term “gaslighting” and various examples of it were part of a popular meme that circulated the internet last year. This suggests that many people all over the world had reason to pay attention to gaslighting last year because it had affected their lives in one way or another. What, then, is gaslighting? Evan Hecht, writing in USA Today, provides a concise definition from