The omicron surge couldn’t stop Gong Hyun-bin, a 41-year-old man working at an insurance company in central Seoul, from coming out. “I didn’t feel like standing in lines at polling stations crowded with people, but I came here to vote for the nation’s new leader, who can bring about political and economic reform. The COVID-19 crisis showed how important it is to have a competent state leader,” h...

South Korea went to the polls on Wednesday to elect its new president, whose term will begin at the most challenging time for Korea in recent history. On the domestic front, the new administration will need to wrestle with runaway housing prices, the coronavirus pandemic, gender and economic inequality among many other pressing issues. As pressing as these issues may be, the diplomatic situatio...

Today’s election is a showdown between Lee Jae-myung and Yoon Suk-yeol, who each represent the country’s liberal and conservative political forces. Here’s what the two candidates said on Facebook early Wednesday, as polls opened nationwide to elect the next president of South Korea. Lee Jae-myung of Democratic Party of Korea said: “There’s only one day left. The election result is going to be...

Voter turnout for South Korea's presidential election stood at 68.1 percent as of 3 p.m. Wednesday, as more than 30 million people participated in the polls, according to the country's election authorities. Out of the total 44.2 million eligible voters nationwide, 30.1 million, or 68.1 percent, have cast their ballots at 14,464 polling stations since the voting started at 6 a.m., the National El...

Voter turnout for South Korea's presidential election reached 16 percent as of 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to the country's election authorities. Out of the total 44.2 million eligible voters nationwide, 7 million had cast their ballots at 14,464 polling stations, five hours after the start of voting, the National Election Commission (NEC) said. The turnout was lower than 19.4 percent reported...

South Korea’s Public Official Act states that no one shall take a photo of a ballot inside a voting booth, a violation of which can lead to up to 2 years in prison or a 4 million won ($3,237) fine. But taking a photo of oneself outside the polling station with a thumbs up or a victory sign is OK, and can be shared on social media. Singer and TV personality Kim Hee-chul posted a photo of himself...

Political donations to lawmakers last year declined 24.3 percent from a year earlier, data from the state’s election watchdog showed. Financial contributions to lawmakers reached 40.7 billion won ($33.8 million) last year, down from 53.8 billion won in 2020, when the April 15 parliamentary elections were held, according to the National Election Commission. Lawmakers on average received 135.2...

이번 주에도 시사적인 내용을 말할 때 도움이 될 영어다운 표현들을 보겠습니다. 저희 책 『나는 더 영어답게 말하고 싶다 시사이슈 편』에서 뽑은 표현들입니다. 1 A Korea’s economic growth rate has hit the lowest in the past ten years. B When will we be able to get the economy back on track ? A 한국의 경제성장률이 10년래 최저치를 기록했대. B 언제쯤 경제를 다시 살릴 수 있을까? SITUATION 경제를 살린다고 할 때 평범하게 When will we be able to revive the economy? 영어답게 When will we be able to get the econom...

South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases soared to hit a fresh record high of more than 340,000 Wednesday while voters went to the polls to pick a new president amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 342,446 new COVID-19 infections, including 342,388 local cases, raising the total caseload to 5,212,118, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Th...

3월 8일 세계 여성의 날을 기념하기 위해, 코리아 헤럴드 팟캐스트의 특별 북리뷰 편을 기획했습니다. 유명 한국 여성 작가들의 작품 모음 중 세 가지 이야기를 뽑아서 리뷰를 하려고 합니다. "The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women”'은 1970년대부터 2010년대까지 약 50년에 걸쳐 9편의 단편소설을 Ju-chan Fulton 와 Bruce Fulton 이 편집·번역했습니다. 이번 편에서는 카피 에디터인 Beth Eunhee Hong와 Naomi Ng이 박완서의 '닮은 방들'(1974), 오정희의 '순례자의 노래'(1983), 김지원의 '알마덴'(1988년)에 대해 토론합니다. Beth와 Naomi는 이 단편소설들이 현재 한국 사회의 더 넓은 주제들을 어떻게...

The Singapore-based Voice AI start-up has secured additional funding months after its Series A round to maintain global growth SINGAPORE , March 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AI Rudder , the leading voice artificial intelligence start-up, today announced it has closed a US$50 million Series B funding round, bringing total funding in the last 12 months to US$60 million . New investors Tiger Gl...

South Koreans voted Wednesday to pick a new president after a tightly contested race between ruling party candidate Lee Jae-myung promising improved livelihoods and his main opposition rival Yoon Suk-yeol championing a fairer society. Six hours after the polls opened at 6 a.m., election officials reported an average voter turnout of 20.3 percent nationwide, lower than the 24.5 percent reported a...

WASHINGTON -- North Korea may resume nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing before the year's end, a US government report said Tuesday. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) also said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un believes his nuclear weapons are the "ultimate guarantor" of his regime and that North Korea will eventually be accepted as a nuclear powe...

North Korea may resume nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing before the year’s end, a US government report said Tuesday. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) also said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un believes his nuclear weapons are the “ultimate guarantor” of his regime and that North Korea will eventually be accepted as a nuclear power over time. ...

*진행자: 홍유, Beth Eunhee Hong 1. Early voting starts for 20th presidential election 요약: 20대 대선 사전투표 시작…역대 최고 사전투표율 예상 [1] Early voting started for the 20th presidential election on Friday, with candidates and political heavyweights casting their votes to encourage more voters to participate. *political heavyweights: 정계 유력자 *cast: 던지다 [2] The National Election Commission on Friday opened early ...