Korea24 – 2023.01.11. (Wednesday)
News Briefing : President Yoon Suk Yeol said South Korea and the U.S. must cooperate and address North Korea issues as the allies are both exposed to threats from the regime's nuclear program. (Daniel Choy)
In-Depth News Analysis: A year-end report by the Korea Creative Content Agency revealed that the annual revenue of South Korea's gaming industry surpassed 20 trillion won for the first time in 2021. Yoon So-yeon from the Korea JoongAng Daily joins the show to talk about what we can expect from the industry in the future.
Korea Trending with Walter Lee :
The Korea Consumer Agency recently found that frozen fried rice products contain low nutritional value and high levels of sodium. Some products contain double the recommended sodium intake for one meal.
(소비자원 "냉동볶음밥, 한끼 식사로는 영양성분 부족")
Police in Daegu are questioning two teenagers for live streaming themselves stripping a fellow classmate of his clothes and beating him up at a motel. The live stream was seen by 30 students from the same school.
(동급생 옷 벗기고 라이브방송…조롱한 네티즌도 처벌 대상)
Blackpink will be the first K-pop act to ever headline the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival which kicks off in April in California. The quartet is also set to become the only K-pop act to headline the British Summer Time festival in Hyde Park. (블랙핑크, '코첼라' 헤드라이너 확정…"K팝 가수 최초")
Korea Book Club : Barry Welsh reviews 'The Picture Bride' by the best-selling author Lee-Geum yi. The inspiring story follows 18-year-old Willow, who leaves Japanese-occupied Korea in 1918 to go to Hawaii as a so-called Picture Bride. This is the author’s first work in her 40-year career to be translated into English.
Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin:
In the Korea Herald, Kim Hae-yeon writes about a Joseon era mother-of-pearl inlay lacquered floral stationery box and cover that was donated to the National Museum of Korea on Wednesday.
In the Korea Times, Kim Jae-heun’s article explains why Korean companies are using pop-up stores to attract the MZ generation.