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[Photo News] S-Oil sharing

IndustryJan 25, 2024

S-Oil CEO Anwar A. Al-Hejazi (left) poses for a photo with Kim Byong-joon, chairman of Community Chest of Korea, to deliver a donation of 3 billion won ($2.24 million) to the charity at CCK’s headquarters in Seoul on Wednesday. The donation will be used to help underprivileged households and social workers, especially in the southeastern industrial city of Ulsan where the refiner aims to build the nation’s largest petrochemicals plant by 2026. S-Oil has joined CCK’s sharing cam
[해커스 TOEIC] 토익 점수 Up 단어, Part 5 문제

English EyeJan 25, 2024

2) 파트 5 3문제 1. Some entrepreneurs take real risks when they ------- a business without obtaining legal and marketing advice. (A) set up (B) put down (C) pay back (D) work out 해석 일부 사업가들은 법률과 마케팅에 관련된 조언을 얻지 않고 사업을 시작할 때 현실적인 위험을 무릅쓰게 된다. 해설 동사 어휘 문제 ‘일부 사업가들은 조언을 얻지 않고 사업을 시작할 때 현실적인 위험을 무릅쓰게 된다.’라는 문맥이 되어야 하므로 ‘~을 시작하다, 수립하다’라는 뜻의 동사 (A) set up이 정답이다. 참고로 (B) put down은 ‘내려놓다, 착륙하다’, (C) pay back은 ‘갚다, 돌려주다’, 그리고 (D) work out은 ‘~을 해결하다, 운
[Photo News] US Congress Rep gets Korean name

IndustryJan 25, 2024

Korea International Trade Association Chairman Koo Ja-yeol (right), who doubles as LS Group's chairman, shakes hands with Joe Wilson, the US representative for South Carolina, after their meeting on ways to boost economic cooperation in supply chains between the two countries at the Trade Tower in Seoul, Wednesday. During the meeting, Koo gifted Rep. Wilson a name card engraved with the Korean name Cho Il-seon, which sounds similar to his English name and has the meaning of the "front
[Editorial] The handbag quandary

EditorialJan 25, 2024

First lady Kim Keon Hee’s alleged acceptance of a designer handbag from a Korean American pastor in September 2022, caught on spy cam, has become something the presidential office must address. The pastor, Choi Jae-young, conspired with a YouTube channel called Voice of Seoul to film his meeting with Kim using a camera on his watch, without informing Kim that she was being filmed. Choi said in a press conference at the National Assembly on Monday that he decided to “collect evidence&
[Michael Bröning] Should Germany’s AfD be banned?

ViewpointsJan 25, 2024

The recent revelation that politicians from Germany’s far-right Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) met with right-wing activists last November to discuss an extremist “re-migration” plot has brought the debate over banning the party to a fever pitch. The clandestine meeting, held at a lakeside hotel near Potsdam, reportedly centered on the possibility of mass deportations of non-ethnic Germans if the far-right were to come to power. Alarmed by this horrifying vision, leaders fro
[Wang Son-taek] Is war coming on the Korean Peninsula?

ViewpointsJan 25, 2024

These days, Seoul is very confused about the possibility of war breaking out. There is a hard, cold warning that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has decided to go to war, and that the Korean Peninsula is seriously in danger. On the other side, there is fierce opposition that the threats from Kim are only psychological warfare. The two voices contain different assumptions and premises, leading to different responses. If the former "war decision" argument is correct, half a million regul
[Photo News] First Samsung experience store in India

IndustryJan 24, 2024

Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that its flagship brand experience store, dubbed “Samsung BKC,” has opened at Jio World Plaza Mall in Mumbai, India. The 732-square-meter site is the first of its kind in India where visitors can experience and purchase Samsung’s latest devices. Samsung said preorders for the new Galaxy S24 series exceeded 250,000 units in three days in India -- a record for the flagship smartphone there. (Samsung Electronics)
[영어답게 표현하기] 유용한 비즈니스 영어 표현들

English EyeJan 24, 2024

이번 회에는 저희 책 Advanced Vocab에서 소개한 중상급 영단어들을 알려드립니다. 단어의 우리말 뜻을 기억하는 데에 그치지 않고, 난이도 있는 단어를 실제로 활용하는 단계까지 나아가 보기 바랍니다. 〈어려움, 쉬움, 실패, 도움〉 1. fiasco [fiǽskou] 실패, 낭패 ‘완전한 실패’ 혹은 ‘실패로 인한 혼란’을 말하며, 혼란의 내용을 붙여 ‘~대란’이라는 뜻으로 쓰는 단어다. The dress rehearsal was an outright fiasco with the two lead actors tripping over each other’s lines and the set collapsing into the front row. 두 주인공이 서로 줄에 걸려 넘어지고 세트가 객석으로 넘어지는 등 드레스 리허설은 완전한 실패로 끝나고 말았다. ● 앨런 그린스펀 전 연방준비제도
[John M. Crisp] Our dangerous failure of imagination

ViewpointsJan 24, 2024

Generally, comparisons between Donald Trump and Adolph Hitler aren’t particularly persuasive. They often reflect an over-the-top, sky-is-falling semi-hysteria. Trump and Hitler? Let’s not get carried away. On the other hand, do we have something to fear from a too-casual complacency engendered by a failure of imagination? I was thinking about this last week as I read an op-ed entitled “American democratic system will endure,” by Jonathan Turley, a commentator and law prof
[Kim Seong-kon] “The Batman”: from an avenger to a healer

ViewpointsJan 24, 2024

The 2022 American film, “The Batman,” is different from previous versions of the Batman series. Throughout the film, the screen is dark and gloomy, and the story revolves around vengeance. Bruce Wayne, who is the Batman, is preoccupied by a personal vendetta for the murder of his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, by a street mugger when he was a child. That is why he has been fighting crimes in Gotham City as “Batman.” It is only natural that his nickname is “Vengea
[Editorial] Workplace safety matters

EditorialJan 24, 2024

Concerns are mounting as the two-year grace period for small firms on a workplace safety law is set to expire this week, after major parties failed to agree on granting an additional grace period. The Yoon Suk Yeol administration and the ruling People Power Party sought an additional two-year grace period for the enforcement of the Serious Disasters Punishment Act for firms with fewer than 50 employees. The ruling party held a series of negotiations with the main opposition Democratic Party of K
[Photo News] For mutual growth

IndustryJan 23, 2024

KB Kookmin Bank CEO Lee Jae-keun (right) and Korea Securities Finance Corporation CEO Yoon Chang-ho pose for a photo at the bank's headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul on Monday after signing an agreement to seek mutual growth with small and medium-sized enterprises. Under the agreement, KB Kookmin Bank will provide both financial and non-financial support to the SMEs, including reductions of loan interests and business consulting. (KB Kookmin Bank)
[Editorial] K-drama in reality

EditorialJan 23, 2024

President Yoon Suk Yeol threads through the packed indoor venue for a ceremony, shaking hands and greeting participants. One of them, a lawmaker, holds the president’s hand for a few seconds like many Koreans do when greeting each other, and tells him that he must change the way he runs state affairs. The president moves on to others, but Rep. Kang Sung-hee of the minor opposition progressive Jinbo Party keeps repeating something at him, video footage from Thursday shows. Members of the Pr
[해커스 TEPS] 텝스 시험대비 단기간 고득점 단어 & 문법 5문제

English EyeJan 23, 2024

2) 해커스 텝스 문법 Part Ⅰ Choose the best answer for the blank. 1. A: Movie adaptations of Shakespeare’s works just don’t live up to expectations. B: Yeah, I’m curious what Shakespeare ______________ about them if he had seen them. (a) would have said (b) would say (c) had said (d) said 해석 A: 셰익스피어 작품의 각색 영화들은 기대에 부응하지 못해. B: 맞아, 셰익스피어가 그 영화들을 봤었다면 뭐라고 했을지 궁금해. 해설 가정법 동사 채우기: 과거 완료 If절에 had p.p.(had seen)가 왔으므로 주절에는 이와 짝을 이루어 가정법 과거완료를 만드는 would have p.p.가 와야 한다. 따라서 (a)
[Bills in Focus] Substitute holidays, solid fuel restrictions, tech leak prevention

PoliticsJan 23, 2024

Proposed Bill: Partial Amendment to the Act on Public Holidays Proposed by Rep. Yoo Gyeong-joon (People Power Party) ● The existing law does not specify a deadline for announcing the designation of substitute holidays, which has caused difficulties for people to plan for the holidays. Therefore, this amendment requires the government to designate substitute holidays at least two months (60 days) in advance except in cases where it is "unpredictable." Proposed Bill: Partial Amendment to