미국 뉴저지에 있는 농장에 크리스마스 스웨터를 입은 소들의 장면들이 공개된 직후 인터넷을 뜨겁게 달궜다. 해당 사진의 주인공인 베키 하우즈는 뉴저지의 관광 단체와 협업해 다섯 마리 소들에게 옷을 만들어 줬다고 말했다.  그녀는 “농장에서 보내는 크리스마스가 제일 좋다.”라고 말하며 “마음 같아서는 10월부터 캐럴노래를 틀고 싶다.”라고 전했다. 올해는 특별히 축제 분위기에 어울리는 크리스마스 스웨터를 제작해 입은 거라 더 뜻깊다고 말했다. 소에 맞춰서 옷을 제작하기가 마냥 쉽지는 않았지만, 크리스마스 느낌을 살리는 데 성공해서 뿌듯하다고 소감을 전했다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)　

Although the overall jobs market is showing signs of improvement, the number of men in their 30s, 40s and 50s who have jobs has been on a constant decline, data from Statistics Korea showed. The employment ratio that has reflected the drop in population is also on a decline, it said.The number of employed men in the age groups dropped for a 28th consecutive month in November, the longest duration of the decline since the agency began collecting relevant data.The jobs situation for men aged 30-59

Social media are indispensable to many foreign documentary filmmakers. They are the way they connect with the subjects of their films, research the stories they are telling and share their work with global audiences. But the Trump administration’s new visa application requirements are now leaving these filmmakers with little choice but to censor their online speech if they ever want to be able to present their films in person to US audiences.To stop this dangerous and unconstitutional over

About 36 percent of one-person households earn less than 2 million won per month, data from Statistics Korea showed last week.One-person households, which take up one-third of all households in South Korea, tended to show low satisfaction in their type of residence with only 23.3 percent answering they were content, compared to 30.8 percent of those in multiple-households that said the same.The Seoul Institute, a research center, said that while 1 in 3 households in the country were one-person h

South Korea’s e-commerce platform Coupang said Thursday that it offers a preorder service for Redmi Note 8T, the latest device from China’s cost effective IT brand Xiaomi.Via the platform’s early morning delivery service Rocket Wow, purchasers may receive their newest Xiaomi device by 7 a.m. next Monday, becoming the first users in Korea. The Xiaomi Redmi Note series has gained popularity on the back of its high quality and affordable price -- 239,000 won ($201) in Coupang.The

 진행자: 윤민식, Kevin Lee Selzer1. Ultrafine dust chokes Korea, cold spell expected late Wednesday아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638기사요약: 한반도를 강타한 초미세먼지가 기승을 부림에 따라 올겨울 들어 첫 비상조치가 취해지고, 초미세먼지주의보가 유지되고 있다.[1] South Korea was blanketed by a high level of particulate pollution Tuesday, prompting emergency dust reduction measures(조치) for the first time this winter and an ultrafine dust advisory(주의보) i

 In August, a Korean food section opened in Paris’ finer-goods department store Bon Marche’s La Grande Epicerie de Paris food corner. Some 40 Korean food products were introduced in the new section, targeting the upper echelons and Michelin-starred chefs of Paris. It has been 20 years since the last time a country-specific groceries area was featured in Bon Marche. The launch of Korean food in a foreign country none other than France, famous for its epicurean cuisine culture, co

Last week’s NATO summit in London should have been a nice little success story for President Donald Trump.For once he went to an international meeting without intending to blow it up. Instead, he planned to trumpet how he had convinced several European allies to boost defense spending, one of his foreign policy priorities.But that storyline got lost the moment Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was caught on camera making fun of the president, drawing laughter from British Prime Minist

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The number of executives leading operations of 30 major conglomerates in South Korea has been falling amid corporate restructuring carried out to offset deteriorating profits and reflect generation shifts in leadership.According to CEOScore, a local corporate tracker, a total of 9,742 executives from 262 affiliates of the 30 business groups in Korea, were registered as of end-September, slightly lower than 9,795 reported in the same month four years ago.Samsung Group slashed 15 percent of execut

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