Korea 24 - 2022.07.27
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Korea24 – 2022.07.27. (Wednesday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: President Yoon Suk Yeol has been caught criticizing the suspended People Power Party chair, Lee Jun-seok, in a text message exchange with the acting chair Kweon Seong-dong that was captured on camera. (Jenny Na)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis (Weekly Economy Review): According to figures released by the government earlier this week, South Korea posted a better than expected 0.7% economic growth in the second quarter. However, the International Monetary Fund downgraded South Korea’s 2022 growth forecast from 2.5% to 2.3%. To help look closer at these numbers, Professor Yang Jun-sok from the Catholic University of Korea joins us on the line. <br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Walter Lee:<br /> 1. The government is holding a controversial referendum on scrapping the rule requiring large supermarkets to close two days every month. (대형마트 의무휴업 폐지 움직임에 노동계 집단반발)<br /> 2. An employee at a four-star hotel in Gyeonggi Province has come under fire for posting photos of a room left by a customer online, complaining of its untidiness. (방 더럽게 썼다며 고객 비방한 호텔 직원…결국 사과문)<br /> 3. A married couple of firefighters were awarded the LG Humanitarian Award for saving a person drowning at sea. (휴가 중 바다 빠진 관광객 구한 소방관 부부…'LG의인상' 수여)<br /> <br /> Korea Book Club: Literary translator Anton Hur joins us once again for our special monthly edition of the club. He introduces us to a non-fiction book by the renowned academic, Professor Lee Jeong-dong (이정동), called “Original Questions: The Preconditions for a First-World Economy (최초의 질문: 기술 선진국의 조건)”, which stresses that “original questions” drive innovation. <br /> <br /> Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin:<br /> - Tomorrow’s Korea Herald features a report by Kim Hae-yeon on how a historic Korean artifact called “borok (보록)” has been returned to South Korea.<br /> - In tomorrow’s Korea Times, Park Han-sol explains how 12 awa
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Korea 24 - 2022.07.27
Altaf Sugat