Korea 24 - 2021.08.18
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Korea24 – 2021.08.18. (Wednesday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: Daily new COVID-19 cases jumped to 1,805 on Wednesday, climbing over the 1,800 mark yet again after the three-day Liberation Day break. Meanwhile, the government is gearing up to announce adjustments to social distancing levels effective on Monday. (Koo Hee-jin)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis: “Code Red for Humanity” is how UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres described the latest IPCC climate change report -- signed off by 234 scientists and 195 governments. The report warned that even with deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions, the planet is on course to warm by 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels within the next two decades, 10 years earlier than initially thought. To tell us more about the report, contributing author and Professor of Climate Processes, William Collins, from the University of Reading in the UK, joins us on the line.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Walter Lee: The Taliban has promised it will uphold women's rights in its first news conference held since taking control of Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul (탈레반, 첫 기자회견…“이슬람 율법 아래 여성 인권 보장”). Meanwhile, parts of Gangwon Province were rattled by multiple lightning strikes last week (“번개 치면 무조건 대피”…‘1억 볼트’ 전압의 공포). And high-jumper Woo Sang-hyeok(우상혁), who set a new national record at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, was presented with a larger than expected reward (높이뛰기 우상혁 “포상금 1억 신고합니다”).<br /> <br /> Korea Book Club with Barry Welsh: This week, Barry introduces a harrowing but powerful work by Kim Soom, called ‘One Left’. Translated by Bruce and Ju-chan Fulton, the book is about the horrors faced by victims of Japanese wartime sex slavery, euphamistically known as ‘comfort women’. The protagonist is a fictional character, but her experiences are based on real accounts, and Barry describes the work as upsetting but important.<br /> <br /> Morn
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Korea 24 - 2021.08.18
Altaf Sugat