August is a festive month for both Korean and Indonesian people, as both countries celebrate their independence in August. The Republic of Indonesia commemorates the Aug. 17, 1945 as its Independence Day, only two days after the Independence Day of the Republic of Korea. Both countries share similar historic backgrounds from the very beginning of nation-building. They are now deepening their ties not only as key economic partners but also as like-minded countries. I would like to convey my warm

Samsung Display’s new power-saving OLED display panels can be found inside Samsung Electronics’ latest smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold3, according to the display maker on Monday. The new displays, developed with what the company brands as Eco2 OLED technology, cut power consumption by up to 25 percent, it added. The firm has made a number of efforts to debut low-power OLED panels, with a focus on polarizers. Polarizers are key components in a panel that eliminate reflections from e

Under the highly controversial Serious Accidents Punishment Act, which was codified by the National Assembly in January this year, business owners and responsible executives are required to comply with new health and safety obligations. A failure to comply with such requirements that results in serious bodily harm will subject them to significant civil liability and administrative/criminal penalties. The introduction of the act is seen as a legislative effort by the South Korean government to

The Group of Twenty has become a pillar of multilateralism. Although the world has many high-level talk shops, the G-20 represents the best kind, actively supporting global dialogue, debate and -- most importantly -- economic problem solving. Fortunately, its biggest limitation -- that it leaves out 96 percent of Africa’s population -- can be easily remedied by including the African Union. To be sure, since the early post-World War II era, multilateralism has worked mainly through the Uni

The world is facing two disasters that are making the COVID-19 crisis doubly worse than it ought to be. The first is the rise of the delta variant, which is twice as contagious and 1.5-2 times deadlier than the original coronavirus. The second disaster is that global north governments have not committed the resources to increase vaccine production to the scale needed to immunize the global population by the end of this year. Worse, the longer we drag our feet, the more likely that the immunity f

South Korean exporters faced a total of 225 trade-restrictive measures in 28 countries as of June this year, amid a continued hold of protectionism, the state-run trade promotion agency said Sunday. In its report assessing global trade environments for local firms in the first six months of this year, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency counted 225 measures in place at 28 countries around the world that target imports of Korean goods. The measures include anti-dumping, countervailin

Foreign companies doing business in South Korea fared well amid the pandemic last year, with electric carmaker Tesla reporting a whopping 300 percent increase in sales, a report showed Sunday. According to data compiled and released by CEO Score, a local market researcher, the aggregate sales of the top 50 foreign-owned companies in Korea reached 21.8 trillion won ($18.76 billion) in 2020, up 15 percent from the previous year. Operating profits rose 42.2 percent to 1.2 trillion won. The data

도치((倒置) 란 주어 다음에 동사가 오는 기본 구문에서 동사가 먼저 나오는 것을 의미한다.  필자가 Grammar in Use 저자 Raymond Murphy와의 만남을 가진 적이 있다. MurphyT씨가 한국사람들은 영어를 어떻게 강의하는지 보고 싶다고 해서 토익 1타 강사인 김대균 강의를 Cambridge 출판부의 편집부장과 함께 강의를 한 시간 들으시고 점심과 차를 함께 했다. 너무나 명예로운 경험이었다. 영국신사의 풍미도 보고 참 소탈하신 모습이 보기 좋았다. 한식을 대접하면서 삭힌 생선인 홍어(fermented fish) 삼합도 귀한 음식이라고 말하니 드시는 모습이 기억난다. 당시 필자가 Grammar in Use에 한 챕터가 더 있으면 좋겠다는 제안을 드렸는데 그 부분이 바로 도치구문(inversion)이다. 우리나라 영어 시험에서는 유별나게 도치를 중요시하기 때문이다.  최근 수능에서도 도치구문으로 된 문장은 정답을 찾는 데 결정적인 역할을 한 적

1) 단어+예문 10개 더 많은 토익빈출 단어 '해커스 토익 기출 보카'에서 확인 ▶ 2) 파트 5 3문제 1. The traveler's passport will ------- in about three months, so she will need to renew the document before she can be issued an airplane ticket. (A) expire (B) recede (C) decline (D) withdraw 해석 그 여행자의 여권이 약 3개월 뒤에 만료될 예정이어서, 그녀는 항공권을 발급받기 전까지 서류를 갱신해야 할 것이다. 해설 -- 동사 어휘 문제 ‘그 여행자의 여권이 약 3개월 뒤에 만료될 예정이다’라는 문맥이 되어야 하므로 ‘만료되다, 기간이 끝나다’라는 뜻의 동사 (A) expire가 정답이다. 참고로 (B) recede는 ‘물러나다, 멀어지다’,

In South Korean political terminology, the “North Wind” means the North Korean factor in major political events in the South, such as general elections. Just as northwesterly winds thrash the Korean Peninsula and make its winters harsher, North Korea can influence the South’s social climate by affecting people’s sense of security, hence the North Wind. Past military-backed administrations used to play up signs of North Korea’s aggressiveness, like shootings along