Korea24 – 2022.08.01. (Monday)
News Briefing: South Korea logged a trade deficit for the fourth consecutive month in July, the longest streak in 14 years, despite record exports for the month of July. (Eunice Kim)
In-Depth News Analysis: South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin announced last Friday an agreement to expand joint military drills and resume the strategic dialogue on extended deterrence. It came after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un used fiery rhetoric to threaten the allies in a speech to mark the 69th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. For expert analysis on the tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Dr. Bruce Bennett, an adjunct international and defense researcher at the RAND Corporation, joins us on the line.
Korea Trending with Walter Lee:
The number of people in South Korea living in non-family households (living with people who are not relatives) exceeded 1 million for the first time last year. ('친구나 애인끼리 거주'…친족 아닌 가구원 100만명 돌파)
A Mongolian man in his 20s has died while dismantling the stage of singer Psy’s annual concert “Summer Swag” on Sunday. (싸이 '흠뻑쇼', 이번엔 무대 철거 사망 사고)
K-pop girl group Blackpink have announced that their highly-anticipated second studio album will be released in September. (블랙핑크, 8월→10월 컴백 프로젝트 공개)
Monday Sports Round-up: Sports reporter Yoo Jee-ho from the Yonhap News Agency joins us on the line to help preview the new Premier League season for Son Heung-min at Tottenham Hotspur after his last Golden Boot winning campaign. We also look at defender Kim Min-jae’s transfer to Napoli and the latest updates from the K League and KBO.
Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin:
In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Chae Jae-hee reports on “Hachi Patrol”, a neighborhood patrol squad made up of dogs and their owners in Seoul’s Gangdong-gu District.
Tomorrow’s Korea Times features an article by Park Han-sol on “Poet’s Room”, a VR film about the acclaimed poet Yun Dong-ju, which has been invited to compete in the 79th Venice International Film Festival.