The photographs of Aylan Kurdi, a 3-year-old Syrian boy who washed up on a Turkish shore after drowning in the sea, tore at the hearts and consciences of people around the world and got several European countries to take immediate action. [번역] 바다에서 익사한 후 터키 해안에 떠밀려온 세살 배기 시리아 꼬마 아일란 쿠르디의 사진은 전세계 사람들의 마음과 양심을 찢어놓았으며 몇몇 유럽 국가들은 즉각적 조치를 취했다. [/번역] More than 4 million Syrians have left their home...

Korea’s gross national income fell 0.1 percent from a quarter earlier to 375 trillion won ($312 billion) in the April-June period, marking the first drop since the fourth quarter of 2010, according to figures released by the central bank last week. [번역] 지난 주 한국은행이 발표한 수치에 따르면 2분기 국민총소득(GNI)이 375조원으로 전 분기 대비 0.1% 감소했다. 2010년 4분기 이후 처음이다. [/번역] The decline was attributed mainly to a significant...

The sight of President Park Geun-hye standing alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with Russian President Vladimir Putin placed between them, at a massive military parade in Beijing on Thursday may well be seen as signaling what some observers call a seismic change of the diplomatic configuration in Northeast Asia. Choe Ryong-hae, a key aide to North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un, was seen at the end ...

When the Korean Red Cross and North Korea’s Red Cross Society meet on Sept. 7 to work out the details of the upcoming reunion of separated families, the issue of regularizing such reunions should be discussed as people separated by the Korea War are aging and in declining health. [번역] 이산가족들이 고령화되고 쇠약해지고 있으므로 9월 7일 남북 적십자사가 이산가족 상봉을 위해 접촉할 때 이산가족 상봉 정례화 문제가 논의돼야 한다. [/번역] According to figures ...

Data released Tuesday by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed Korea’s exports shrank at the steepest pace in six years in August, marking the eighth consecutive month of decline. Shipments abroad reached $39 billion in August, down 14.7 percent from the same month in 2014, the largest on-year drop since August 2009, when the country’s exports plunged 20.9 percent from a year earlier....

When President Park Geun-hye leaves for Beijing today, it will not be with a light heart. The decision to attend China’s Victory Day celebrations, including the military parade, was reached after weighing the pros and cons of participating in the events that are being shunned by Western leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama, as well as Japan’s Shinzo Abe. [번역] 박근혜 대통령은 오늘 베이징으로 떠날 때 가벼운...

Long working hours and social pressure against them taking leave for child care are some of the major difficulties faced by modern fathers in their 30s and 40s, a survey in Seoul showed Tuesday. [번역] 오랜 근무시간과 육아 휴직에 반대하는 사회적 압박감은 30, 40대 현대 아버지들이 당면한 큰 고충 중 일부인 것으로 화요일, 서울시 설문조사에서 나타났다. [/번역] According to the survey conducted by Seoul Foundation of Women & Family from May 28 to June 10, 48.5 ...

Apparently emboldened by a rare inter-Korean deal on defusing tensions and promoting exchanges, South Korea’s top nuclear envoy last week expressed hope for fresh momentum in efforts to denuclearize North Korea. Speaking at a forum in Seoul on Friday, he expected the nuclear issue to be discussed directly between the two Koreas. [번역] 긴장 완화, 교류 활성화에 대한 남북의 드문 합의에 고무된 듯 한국 6자 회담 수석대표가 지난 주 북한 비핵화...

Phone scammers got their just deserts when the Daegu District Court sentenced two men to six years in jail for setting up call centers in China and Korea that were used to defraud unsuspecting Koreans. [번역] 대구지법이 선량한 한국인들을 사취하는데 이용한 콜센터를 한국, 중국에 세운 혐의로 두 남성에게 징역 6년을 선고했을 때 보이스피싱 사기범들은 응분의 벌을 받았다. [/번역] The court also handed down five-year and 4 1/2-year sentences to two others for their roles...

Cross-border tensions further abated over the weekend as North Korea accepted the South’s offer to hold bilateral Red Cross talks on Sept. 7 to arrange the reunions of separated families, with each military seen readjusting their readiness posture to a precrisis level. [번역] 이산가족 상봉 행사를 위해 9월 7일 남북 적십자 회담을 열자는 한국의 제의를 북한이 받아들이면서 양측 군이 경계 태세를 위기 전 수준으로 조정하며 남북 긴장이 더욱 완화됐다. [/번역] On Saturday, a ...

The government’s decision to allow the construction of a second cable car route on Mount Seoraksan last week drew mixed reactions over the weekend, with civic groups blasting authorities for ignoring its potential environmental impact and local residents calling it a business opportunity. [번역] 지난 주 설악산에 두 번째 케이블카 노선 건설을 허가한다는 정부 결정이, 주말 동안 엇갈린 반응을 이끌어냈는데 시민단체들은 잠재적 환경 피해를 무시한 처사라며 당국을 질타했고 지역 주...

South Korean soccer player Son Heung-min joined Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League on Friday, becoming the 13th South Korean to play in Premier League. [번역] 금요일, 손흥민이 잉글랜드 프리미어 리그의 토트넘 홋스퍼에 입단해 13번째 한국인 프리미어 리거가 됐다. [/번역] The 23-year-old wing forward from Bayer Leverkusen, Germany, signed a contract with Tottenham Hotspur that is valid until 2020. The estimated transfer fee is kn...

The word “south-south conflict” describes the different -- often opposite -- positions South Koreans take on North Korea, be of its leader, its security threat or how to achieve reunification. [번역] 남남 갈등’이라는 단어는 북한의 지도자나 북한의 안보 위협 혹은 통일을 달성할 방법에 대해 한국인들, 특히 야권이 취하는 다른 입장을 표현한다. [/번역] The conflict escalates when there is a major crisis -- like the North’s torpedo attack on the South’s Cheonan ...

In the early 2000s, Korean tourists to Turkey saw a foreign exchange rate of 1 million won to about 1.2 billion lira. When it comes to South Korea’s economic scale, its dollar-denominated gross domestic product is estimated at $1.4 trillion last year, or $1,400,000,000,000. Its outstanding household debt, fully written out, is 1,100,000,000,000,000 won. [번역] 2000년대 초반 100만원은 터키 돈으로 약 12억 리라였다. ...

South Korea’s Red Cross on Friday proposed to hold working-level talks with its North Korean counterpart on Sept. 7 to arrange a fresh round of reunions for families displaced by the Korean War following a recent cross-border agreement, the Unification Ministry said. [번역] 대한적십자사가 금요일, 최근 남북합의에 따라 한국전쟁으로 헤어진 이산가족들의 상봉 행사를 주선하기 위해 9월 7일 북한 적십자사와 실무급회담 개최를 제의했다고 통일부가 밝혔다. [/번역] The Red Cross sug...