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[영어답게 표현하기] 유용한 비즈니스 영어 표현들

English EyeMay 4, 2022

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. <성장, 증가> 1 I’d like to point out that our revenue forecast was recently revised upward despite net losses across the industry. 산업 전반이 적자를 기록하고 있지만 우리는 최근에 매출 예상치를 상향 조정했다는 점을 강조하고 싶습니다. SITUATION 수치를 상향 조정할 때 평범하게 Our forecast was changed to reflect the decreasing prices in raw materials. 영어답게 Our forec
The road to better recovery found in forests

Social affairsMay 4, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused a lot of pain for all of us, is coming to an end. Over the past two years, COVID-19 has caused us a lot of economic and social loss, and everyone is struggling for a better recovery, but we don’t know where to start. In Seoul, where spring has sprung, discussions are underway for a better recovery through forests. Governments, international organizations and civic groups from various countries gathered in the South Korean capital for the 15th World
[Howard Davies] Will Western sanctions change the global financial system?

ViewpointsMay 4, 2022

Faced with the horrors of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and recognizing the limited military options open to them, Western governments understandably deployed their economic and financial arsenal. Such sanctions have been imposed on errant countries before, of course, with varying success, but not to anything like the same extent as against Russia now. Notably, the United States and its allies seized much of the Russian central bank’s foreign-exchange reserves, and cut off some Russ
[Editorial] Hard task carried over

EditorialMay 4, 2022

Korea is an export-driven economy. The trade deficit is showing signs of becoming chronic in the last days of the Moon Jae-in administration. Exports increased 12.6 percent to $57.69 billion in April from the same month of last year, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. Meanwhile, imports grew 18.6 percent on-year to $60.35 billion. As a result, the trade balance stayed in the red for the second successive month. Except for February, which saw a small surplus of $840 million
Korea Arboreta and Gardens Institute makes splash at World Forestry Congress

CultureMay 3, 2022

The Korea Arboreta and Gardens Institute is participating in the 15th World Forestry Congress, which runs at Seoul’s Coex for five days until Friday. The institute’s chairperson Ryu Kwang-soo said, “I hope the World Forestry Congress will serve as an opportunity to directly or indirectly experience the arboretum and garden cultures designed by the Korea Arboreta and Gardens Institute.” At the conference the institute will have exhibition booths of its arboretum, botan
[Photo News] Bank while you shop

IndustryMay 3, 2022

KB Kookmin Bank opened a unmanned branch within top retailer Emart‘s No Brand store in Express Bus Terminal in Seoul on Tuesday. The branch, launched in partnership with Emart, connects users with bank tellers through video calls and provides basic services including wiring, issuance of debit cards and more.
[Trudy Rubin] Key to curbing Putin is shutting off his corrupt money and targeting oligarchs, Bill Browder says

ViewpointsMay 3, 2022

As Western leaders struggle to curb Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, there may be no one with keener insight into the Russian leader’s mindset than Bill Browder. Browder was once the largest foreign investor in Russia, as head of the Heritage capital management fund. But the American-born financier was banned from Russia in 2005 after arousing Putin’s wrath with his investigations into Russian government corruption. Browder’s courageous Moscow lawyer, Sergei Magni
[Nicholas Goldberg] Is democracy failing? Xi Jinping says it is, and he’s not entirely wrong

ViewpointsMay 3, 2022

US President Joe Biden likes to say that we are locked in a global battle pitting democracy against autocracy. In Seattle last week, he described a phone conversation he’d had with Chinese President Xi Jinping in which Xi argued that democracy doesn’t work anymore. Among other things, Xi said, democracy requires consensus, and mustering a consensus takes too long in a fast-moving world. Biden dismissed the idea that democracy is passe or unworkable. But I’ve begun to wonder
[Editorial] Murky future of internet

EditorialMay 3, 2022

South Korea is well known for its advanced internet infrastructure that allows for fast and reliable broadband-based services, a blessing for online users. In contrast, its internet regulations are neither sophisticated nor trustworthy, a curse stubbornly maintained by the government and policymakers. A striking case in point is the country’s absence from the list of around 60 signatories of the pledge called the Declaration for the Future of the Internet. On Thursday, the United State
Experts, businesses discuss building new reality, opportunity in metaverse

TechnologyMay 2, 2022

Experts and entrepreneurs got together in Seoul Monday to discuss the ways industries in South Korea and the US are enthusiastically embracing emerging technologies required for the metaverse, and the legal framework that is adapting to the new ecosystem in Korea. Taglined “The Rise of Metaverse and What It Holds for the Future,” the Metaverse Forum 2022, co-hosted by The Korea Herald, the nation’s largest English-language newspaper, and the American Chamber of Commerce in Ko
[Photo News] K-Noodle expansion

RetailMay 2, 2022

Shin Dong-won, chairman of South Korea’s largest instant noodle maker Nongshim, looks around the company‘s second factory in US in this photo released Monday. According to Nongshim, the new factory located in Rancho Cucamonga, California can produce up to 350 million instant noodles per year. The Korean noodle maker said it aims to reach annual sales of $800 million (1.01 trillion won) in the US by 2025 after it garnered $395 million in sales last year.
[LIVE] The Korea Herald, AmCham Korea hold Metaverse Forum 2022

BusinessMay 2, 2022

With the growing buzz around the metaverse driven by every sector of industry around the world, The Korea Herald and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Korea are co-hosting a forum to discuss what the hyper-interactive virtual world holds for the future.The two-hour forum invites a number of business leaders and experts, who are leading the rise of the metaverse to share their insights on the recent frenzy and how it will shape the next generation digital era.Steve Park, Faceboo
[Zach Meyers] Elon Musk’s Twitter test

ViewpointsMay 2, 2022

With Elon Musk set to buy Twitter for $44 billion, commentators are scrambling to understand what the “free speech absolutism” espoused by the world’s richest person will mean for the platform. But the principle could also create headaches for Musk himself. With the European Union and the United Kingdom about to enact laws aimed at making social media safer and more accountable, Musk has seemingly chosen a bad time to roll back content moderation on Twitter. In fact, despite o
[Lee In-hyun] Music for spring

ViewpointsMay 2, 2022

When I was young, my mother used to take me for a drive in the mountains during spring. We enjoyed looking at the flowers. The frozen land during winter has resurfaced with a scene of spring surrounded by trees and flowers. The change from winter to spring was truly beautiful. When she took a drive with me, we always listened to songs related to spring. Mother and I especially enjoyed “Spring” by Vivaldi. We talked a lot about flowers, trees and scenery of spring while listening to
[Editorial] Rough transition

EditorialMay 2, 2022

President Moon Jae-in criticized President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol again on Friday, 10 days before his retirement. In personally answering an online public petition that opposed Yoon’s plan to relocate the presidential office from Cheong Wa Dae, he questioned whether Yoon should incur considerable expense by moving the office to a place other than a government building in Gwanghwamun. Earlier in a recent interview with a cable television channel, he revealed his dislike of the relocation, ca