Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital, in an apparent shooting during a rally Friday, Japanese media outlets reported. Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Abe was shot at around 11:30 a.m. during a campaign speech in the Japanese city of Nara. He was rushed to hospital while “showing no vital signs,” the outlet reported, adding people at the scene heard “somet...

Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon has tested positive for COVID-19, the Ministry of Justice announced Friday. According to the ministry, Han received a PCR test on Thursday after he arrived at Incheon Airport from his eight-day visit to the US, which included a meeting with the director of the FBI. The ministry noted Han would work from home until Wednesday next week, following the country‘s manda...

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin joined a Group of 20 (G-20) foreign ministers' meeting in Indonesia on Friday to discuss regional and global issues in his debut on the multilateral diplomatic stage as Seoul's top diplomat He arrived on the resort island of Bali on Thursday for a two-day stay to take part in the session focusing on economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It also set ...

Rising rookie band aespa's upcoming new album has received the most preorders of any album by a K-pop girl group, with more than 1.61 million copies, its agency said Friday. "Girls," the band's second EP set to come out at 1 p.m., has gotten 1,610,517 preorders as of Friday morning, SM Entertainment said. The EP has a total of nine tracks, including the title track "Girls" and the English and K...

South Korea's first reported monkeypox patient has been discharged from a hospital after recovering following self-isolation treatment, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Friday. The South Korean, who was admitted to Incheon Medical Center upon arriving in the country from Germany on June 21, left the hospital Thursday after doctors concluded there was no virus infectivi...

The ruling People Power Party on Friday suspended its chairman’s membership in connection to allegations surrounding sexual bribery, a decision expected to cause immense turmoil within the ruling bloc and broader political circles. The internal ethics panel of the People Power Party announced at 2:45 a.m. Friday, after an eight-hour-long meeting, that they have decided to suspend Chairman Lee Ju...

A top financial regulator on Friday called on savings banks in South Korea to intensify efforts to keep their asset management in good shape in the face of the rising possibility that their debt holdings could go sour amid fast-rising interest rates. Lee Bok-hyun, the head of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), made the remark in a meeting with CEOs of major savings banks in Seoul, the late...

South Korea's leading chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. said Friday it has issued global green bonds worth $300 million to help bolster the competitiveness of its battery materials business and finance more investments in eco-friendly businesses. The parent company of major battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said the US dollar-denominated bonds carry a fixed interest rate of 4.436 percent. LG Che...

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has defended his remarks that led to a resignation offer by the head of the Korea Development Institute (KDI), a state-run think tank, who was appointed by the previous Moon Jae-in administration. KDI President Hong Jang-pyo, an architect of the income-led growth policy under the Moon government, tendered his resignation earlier this week, days after Han called for Ho...

SD Biosensor Inc., a South Korean developer of COVID-19 test kits, said Friday it will acquire US diagnostic kit maker Meridian Bioscience Inc. for about 2 trillion won ($1.53 billion) in an effort to bolster its overseas operations. Through a consortium formed with SJL Partners LLC, a private equity fund, SD Biosensor said it has entered into an agreement with Meridian Bioscience to acquire the...

LAS VEGAS , July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty ONE Group, a modern, purpose-driven lifestyle brand and ONE Of the fastest growing franchisors today, is reporting remarkable growth in the first half of 2022 selling 38 franchises and three new countries, expanding its global footprint now to 49 U.S. states and nine countries and territories. " We've been incredibly strategic about our domesti...

HONG KONG , July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FWD Group Holdings Limited ("FWD Group" or "the Company") announced today that Professor Frederick Ma GBS, JP, currently Deputy Chairman and an Independent Non-Executive Director, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective immediately. He succeeds The Hon. Ronald Arculli GBM, CVO, GBS, OBE, JP, who is retiring as Chai...

The Austrian capital Vienna has made a comeback as the world’s most livable city, according to an annual report from the Economist. Vienna snatched the top spot from Auckland, New Zealand, which tumbled down to 34th place due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions, according to the report by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Europe boasted six out of the top 10 cities. The Austrian capital was ...

만점목표 학생들을 관리해보면 우선 문제를 많이 풀고 detail한 부분까지 꼼꼼하게 공부한다. 인터넷 유튜브가 대세인 현실에서 시험 직전에는 '300점에서 990 만점 바로 만들기'스타일의 과장된 유튜브를 보지 않는다고 한다. 마음만 심란해지는 비현실적인 내용이라고 생각하기 때문이다. 시험을 보고 자신이 어려워한 문제를 잘 기억하고 알쏭달쏭했던 보기도 함께 기억하는 것은 기본이다. 필자의 수강생 중의 한 학생으로 만점인 줄 알았는데 두 번의 985점을 받고 이후 990점 만점을 받은 김윤호군이 정리한 단어를 여러분과 함께 공유한다. 현장에서 느끼는 점은 토익 950점과 990점도 차이가 있다. 5점 10점 때문에 정말 열심히 독하게 공부하는 분들이 많다는 말씀을 드린다. 기본 단어와 설명은 김윤호군이 ...