Korea24 – 2022.08.16. (Tuesday)
News Briefing: The South Korean and US military have kicked off a crisis management drill in preparation for the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise next week. (Eunice Kim)
In-Depth News Analysis: Last month, the Yoon administration appointed Lee Shin-hwa, a political science professor at Korea University, as the new envoy for North Korean human rights, filling a post that had been vacant for five years. Lee has been tasked with pursuing cooperative efforts with foreign governments, international organizations and civic groups to address the North's human rights issue. Ambassador Lee joins us on the line to tell us more about the role and what she hopes to achieve during her one-year term.
Korea Trending with Jenny Suh:
A couple has discovered that their IVF conceived son, now an adult, is not related to the father. (시험관으로 어렵게 얻은 아들 "유전자 불일치"…담당의 연락두절)
Police are investigating a man who claims that a commercial bank in South Korea gave him counterfeit US dollar bills. (환전하다 100달러 위조지폐 무더기 발견...경찰 수사)
Blackpink have announced that they will perform at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, becoming the first K-Pop girl group to do so. (블랙핑크, K팝 걸그룹 최초 ‘MTV 뮤직 어워즈’ 출격)
Touch Base In Seoul: It was announced in January that Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho was working on a new film based on a science-fiction novel by Edward Ashton called “Mickey7”. The writer joins us via video to tell us about the book, his career in cancer research and teaching quantum physics, and the conversation he had with Director Bong on the adaptation.
Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin:
In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Shim Woo-hyun reports on the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s plan to replace the city’s eight-year-old slogan “I·SEOUL·U.”
Tomorrow’s Korea Times features an interview by Jon Dunbar with Canadian Kevin Grabb, who is a brewer of the Korean alcohol "makgeolli."