A mother who has been accused of drowning her newborn baby in a toilet has been referred to public prosecution. Pyeongtaek Police Station in Gyeonggi Province handed over the case to the prosecution, with the woman in her 20s as a suspect of murder and abandonment of the body. She was suspected of killing a baby she gave birth to at her house in Pyeongtaek on May 11. It is suspected that the woman drowned the infant in the toilet and then buried the body in a nearby mountain. The crim

2) 파트 5 3문제 1. The hiring committee prefers candidates who have a deep knowledge of the industry as well as sufficient ------- experience in sales and training. (A) supervise (B) supervisory (C) supervised (D) supervises 해석 -- 채용 위원회는 판매와 교육에 충분한 관리 경험 뿐 아니라 업계에 대한 깊은 지식이 있는 지원자들을 선호한다. 해설 -- 형용사 자리 채우기 문제 빈칸 뒤에 명사(experience)가 있으므로 명사를 꾸며주는 형용사 (B)와 (C)가 정답의 후보이다. '관리상의 경험'이라는 의미가 되어야 자연스러우므로 (B) supervisory(관리상의)가 정답이다. 동사 (A), (D)는 형용사 자리에 올 수 없고 (C)를 쓸 경우 '관리되는 경험'

Yoon Suk-yeol is the 13th president of the Republic of Korea since its founding in 1948. Yet, he is officially called the 20th president as they count the number of four-year constitutional terms, including two short transitional tenures. Syngman Rhee, the first president of the republic, held the office for 12 years in three consecutive terms until he resigned in 1960 following a student uprising. Yoon Po-sun succeeded him as the titular head of state in a parliamentary system, but he was soo

A man looks around a flour section at a discount store in Seoul on Wednesday amid growing concerns over possible grain price hike with India‘s wheat export ban.

지난 회에 이어, 유용한 비즈니스 영어 표현들을 소개합니다. ‘비즈니스 영어’라는 게 따로 떨어져 존재하는 것은 아닙니다만, 일상 회화에서 흔히 볼 수 없는 표현들을 활용하는 것도 사실입니다. 저희 책 『나는 더 영어답게 말하고 싶다 비즈니스 편』에서 뽑은 표현들입니다. <판매> 1 A: Hi, I’m looking for a 2004 Sony camcorder that uses DV tapes. B: I’m sorry, but the item is discontinued and no longer in our back-catalogue. A: 저기요, DV 테이프를 쓰는 2004년 소니 캠코더를 찾고 있는데요. B: 죄송합니다. 그 상품은 단종돼서 재고도 구할 수 없습니다. SITUATION 상품이 단종된 경우 평범하게 I’m sorry, but that particular model is not prod

Test your knowledge of Korea with our weekly quiz on the language, culture, history or anything K-related.  Answer: b Spoon theory is a euphemism used to describe a person’s family background, usually related to financial situation and social influence, by comparing it to spoons made of different materials. The phrase is derived from the English expression “born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth,” and the most common use is referring to a person of a wealthy

There’s a Twitter game that routinely starts whenever a new, frightening revelation about the Trump administration becomes public: Clips of Hillary Clinton predicting that specific horror are resurrected. It’s really quite remarkable. From President Donald Trump’s affinity for Russia’s Vladimir Putin to his refusal to accept the election results. (“Every time Donald thinks things are not going in his direction, he claims whatever it is is rigged against him,”

진행자: 조혜림, Naomi Garyan 1. Family matters ... or does it? 부제: Studies suggest growing number of young Koreans are parting ways with the traditional concept of family 기사 요약: ‘가족’을 떠올리면 부모와 자녀가 떠오르는가? 늘어나는 비혼과 딩크족에 가족의 개념이 바뀌고 있다.  [1] A married couple and their children is what usually pops up in most people’s heads when hearing the word “family,” at least until now. But recent research indicates that this picture may be changing for a growing number of the lo

A customer looks around a cosmetics section of a department store in Seoul. Manufacturers for health and beauty products have been under increasing pressure to raise product prices amid the prolonged Russian attack on Ukraine and intensifying concerns over Indonesia’s palm oil export ban.

Over the last two decades, Mike Madrid has battled Democrats, Republicans, Donald Trump and a pesky family of squirrels that assumed residence in the eave of his Midtown Sacramento home. His latest mission is taking on Vladimir Putin and the substructure of lies and misinformation the Russian leader built to support the invasion and attempted takeover of Ukraine. “This is a war of the digital age, of the information age,” Madrid said via encrypted cellphone, before a meeting in the

In one of the episodes of the Netflix series “Squid Game,” an old man hands over his last marble to the lead character, Gi Hun, saying, “We are gganbu. Gganbu always share everything with each other, no matter what.” By handing over his last marble, he lets Gi Hun win. The term “gganbu” in the story means close companions, like blood brothers who share everything without expecting anything in return and who help each other in difficult situations. While g