South Korea has decided to allow a group of North Koreans to visit the southern city of Gwangju this week to attend a United Nations event for international youths, the unification ministry said Monday.The decision came amid signs of a thaw in relations between the two Koreas after months of high tensions earlier this year. Last week, the two sides reached a breakthrough deal to reopen a joint industrial complex. They are also scheduled to hold talks this week on setting up family reunions.Earli

Social Affairs Aug. 19, 2013

North Korean media outlets stressed Monday the importance of improving inter-Korean relations and the need to resolve all outstanding issues in the spirit of self-determination.Articles carried by the Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, and Uriminzokkiri, the communist country's main Internet-based media and propaganda website, called for ending confrontation and mistrust that has plagued South-North Korean relations in the past.The reports come as cross-border relatio

Social Affairs Aug. 19, 2013

South Korean stocks traded 0.13 percent lower late Monday morning, led by losses in retail and tech giants, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dropped 2.44 points to 1,917.67 as of 11:20 a.m.Lotte Shopping sank 2 percent, with E-mart also losing 0.5 percent. Top-cap Samsung Electronics slid 0.8 percent and chipmaker SK hynix fell 0.7 percent.The local currency was changing hands at 1,112.40 won against the greenback as of 11:20 a.m., up 1.1 won from Friday's cl

Aug. 19, 2013

다음 주어진 문장을 영작해 보고 모범영어문장을 통하여 표현들을 배워봅시다.1. 사람들은 연예인의 사생활에 대하여 얘기하는데 많은 시간을 보낸다. 그래서 몇 연예인들은 고통 받고 있다.(해설과 모범문장)이 문장도 어제 연습했던 거랑 비슷하게 먼저 아셔야 할 것이 있는데 그것은 중간에 있는 말인 ‘그래서’ 입니다. 여기서 여러분들이 망설이실 표현은 so, therefore 이렇게 크게 두 개가 있을 수가 있는데. Thus는 therefore 랑 같다고 생각하시면 됩니다.둘 다 틀린 표현은 절대로 아닙니다 사용하는 방법이 다른데요. So는 문장과 문장 사이에 들어오는 말이고 therefore,는 문장을 시작할 때 쓰는 말입니다.즉 so 는 “문장, (콤마) so (소문자 s) 문장.”Therefore, 는 “문장. (마침표) Therefore, (대문자 T와 콤마) 문장.” 입니다. 이제 영작을 해보죠. 사람들은 연예인의 사생활에 대하여 얘기하는데 많은 시간을 보낸다.이 문장은 주어 sp

Podcast Aug. 19, 2013

Divers plucked two more bodies from a sunken passenger ferry on Sunday and scrambled to plug an oil leak in the wreckage after a collision with a cargo ship. The accident near the central Philippine port of Cebu that has left 34 dead and more than 80 missing.Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III said 751 passengers and crewmen of the MV Thomas Aquinas have been rescued after the inter-island ferry was in a collision late Friday with the MV Sulpicio Express Siete then rapidly sank off the Cebu pier.St

World News Aug. 18, 2013

Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai will stand open trial this week on charges of bribery, graft and abuse of power, China's state media reported on Sunday.The Thursday trial of Bo, the former Chongqing Communist Party chief who was ousted last year, marks China's biggest political scandal in recent decades. The trial is expected to allow the party to wrap up the Bo case and consolidate its authority."Bo Xilai will stand open trial at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court next week for charges

World News Aug. 18, 2013

Attacks in Iraq killed at least six people including a local council member on Sunday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence plaguing the country.Security forces have in recent weeks carried out some of their biggest operations since the 2011 withdrawal of US forces, but analysts and diplomats have said authorities have not addressed the root causes of the unrest.Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has nevertheless vowed to press on with the campaign in a bid to combat Iraq's worst violenc

World News Aug. 18, 2013

European Union leaders Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso warned Egypt's army and interim government Sunday the bloc would review its ties with the country unless the violence ended.Further escalation could have "unpredictable consequences" for Egypt and its neighbours, the presidents of the European Council and European Commission said."This path will not succeed. It is crucial that violence ends immediately," they said.The 28-nation bloc would continue efforts to promote an end to viole

World News Aug. 18, 2013

　최근 후쿠시마 원전의 방사능 오염수가 바다로 유출돼 일본산 식품에 대한 소비자 목소리가 높아지는 가운데 보건당국이 방사능 물질이 포함된 수산물 수입을 허락한 것으로 알려졌다. 　식품의약품안전처에 따르면 문제의 수산물들은 후쿠시마 원전 사고가 일어났던 2011년 3월 11일부터 약 3,010톤 가량의 방사성 세슘이 포함된 수산물이 국내에서 유통됐다. 　식약처는 수입단계 검사에서 방사성 세슘, 요오드가 검출되면 수입자에게 별도의 검사성적서(비오염증명서)를 요구해야 함에도 불구하고 추가 검사를 무시한 채 국내 유통을 시킨 것이다. 　수입식품 안전관리를 책임지는 식약처 관계자는 ”기준치 이내의 방사능이 검출된 수산물은 안전하므로 유통에 문제가 없다"고 설명했다.　대부분은 방사성 세슘(134Cs 또는 137Cs)이 10베크렐 이하로 낮은 수준으로 검출됐지만 기준치(1kg당 100베크렐)에 육박한 98베크렐이 측정된 것도 있었다. 　반면에, 보건당국은 농산물과 가공식품의 경우 미량이라도 검출

한국어판 Aug. 18, 2013

The Eurofighter Tranche 3 Typhoon by the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) has reportedly been eliminated from South Korea's multibillion-dollar project to buy new fighter jets, leaving Boeing's F-15 Silent Eagle as the sole final candidate, government sources in Seoul said Sunday.Earlier on Sunday, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration said that one of the two finalists -- Boeing and EADS -- in the nation's 8.3 trillion won (US$7.2 billion) fighter project has droppe

Defense Aug. 18, 2013

상반기 마약류 단속 결과 공급 사범이 33% 증가한 것으로 나타났다.특히 국제 거래조직이 마약 세탁을 위한 중간 경유지로 우리나라를 이용하면서 필로폰 등의 밀반입량이 크게 늘어난 것으로 집계됐다.대검찰청 강력부(김해수 검사장)는 상반기 단속된 마약류 사범은 총 4천601명으로 전년 동기(4천392명) 보다 4.8% 증가했다고 18일 밝혔다.필로폰 등 향정신성의약품 사범이 3천863명으로 전체의 84%를 차지했고, 대마 사범 501명(10.9%), 양귀비 등 마약사범 237명(5.2%) 등으로 집계됐다.유형별로는 사용(투약)사범이 2천326명으로 전체의 절반(50.6%) 가량을 차지했고, 밀매사범 1천533명(33.3%), 밀수사범 164명(3.6%) 등의 순이었다.지난해 같은 기간과 비교해보면 사용 사범은 9%가량 감소했지만, 밀조•밀수•밀매 등과 관련된 공급사범은 1천704명으로 33.4% 급증했다.공급사범이 늘어나면서 상반기 압수된 마약류 규모는 30.6kg으로 전년 동기(24.

한국어판 Aug. 18, 2013

SEOUL-- South Korea and the United States will launch their annual two-week joint war exercise this week, the Combined Forces Command (CFC) said, amid North Korea's unusual low-key stance to the war game that they strongly condemned in the past.The computer-aided Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) will kick off on Monday for a 12-day run, mobilizing about 50,000 South Korean forces and approximately 30,000 U.S. servicemen, including some 3,000 from the U.S. and other bases in the Pacific region.The CF

Defense Aug. 18, 2013

SEOUL--The South Korean government on Sunday announced plans to encourage the use of energy storing equipment as well as an overhaul of electricity rates in order to prevent possible power shortages.The move follows a series of power shortage warnings, including the year's first level-3 warning, last week.Under its plans, the government will first encourage the use of the so-called energy storage system (ESS) and energy management system (EMS) by large private companies and public offices that c

National Aug. 18, 2013