#Hot Issues of the Week High Jumper Woo Sang-hyeok Wins Silver Medal at World Championships 2022-07-24 South Korean high jumper Woo Sang-hyeok won the silver medal at the world championships, coming the closest to claiming South Korea’s first ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week BOK Raises Key Rate by 50 Basis Points for First Time Ever 2022-07-17 For the first time ever, the Bank of Korea(BOK) raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points as it seeks to contain rapid inflation.The central ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Presidential Office Slams Repatriation of N. Korean Fishermen 2022-07-17 The presidential office has characterized the repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019 under the previous administration as a crime ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Constitutional Court Holds Hearing on Capital Punishment 2022-07-17 The Constitutional Court held a hearing on Thursday to deliberate whether capital punishment violates the Constitution.The hearing reviewed ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week 'Squid Game' Nominated for 14 Emmys, including Best Drama Award 2022-07-17 “Squid Game” earned over a dozen nominations for this year’s Emmy Awards, including in the best drama category, becoming the ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week June Huh Awarded Fields Medal, Becoming 1st Person of Korean Descent to Win 2022-07-10 A Korean American mathematician who has been serving as a distinguished professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study(KIAS) has won the Fields ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Inflation Growth in June Hits Nearly 24-Year High at 6% 2022-07-10 Consumer prices rose six percent on-year in June, increasing at the fastest pace in nearly 24 years.According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, the ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week PPP Ethics Committee Decides 6-Month Suspension of Chair's Party Membership 2022-07-10 The ethics committee of the ruling People Power Party(PPP) has suspended the party membership of its chair, Lee Jun-seok, for six months over the ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Gov't: Nuclear Power to Account for 30% of Nation's Energy by 2030 2022-07-10 The government has announced that nuclear power will account for 30 percent of the nation’s energy production by 2030 as part of the Yoon administration’s ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Belt-Tightening Policy to Replace Expansion to Improve Fiscal Health 2022-07-10 The government is aiming to rein in fiscal deficit to within three percent of the nation's gross domestic product in a move to improve fiscal ... Listen News