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"Why Won't They Raise My Salary?" The Tragedy of the 40s and 50s
Atsushi Torigoe (50), who has worked for nearly 20 years at a warehouse for a fashion company in Tokyo, Japan, currently earns an annual salary of about 3.6 million yen (approximately 31.9 million won…
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Trump: “No Dialogue or Negotiations with Iran”… Contradictory Statements with Kushner
U.S. President Donald Trump stated on the 18th (local time) that there are no ongoing talks with Iran and that no negotiations are scheduled. This denial came just one day after Jared Kushner, the spe…
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"Trump Courts Kim Jong-un… Could Spark Debate on South Korea’s Nuclear Armament"
Concerns are growing over U.S. President Trump’s “attacks on South Korea.” U.S. media outlets are also unanimously criticizing President Trump’s remarks. The photo is a related image generated by Chat…
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"AI Boom Continues"... Taiwan Raises Growth Forecast to Double Digits for This Year
Taiwanese authorities have revised their economic growth forecast for this year upward from the 9% range to double digits. This adjustment is based on the assessment that global demand for artificial …
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“Where to Go After Shanghai?”… Popular Summer Travel Destinations in China for Koreans
With the summer travel season in full swing, the number of South Koreans traveling to China is surging. It appears that not only traditional popular destinations like Shanghai and Zhangjiajie, but als…
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Gold Prices Hit 7-Week High… Expectations Rise for Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
Gold prices rose for the fourth consecutive trading day, hitting a seven-week high. Growing expectations for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz drove down oil prices and caused the U.S. dollar and …
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Temperatures Plunge to 15 Degrees in an Instant… Japan’s ‘Human Refrigerator’
As the glass door closes, a curtain of cool air pours over my head, neck, and shoulders, instantly cooling me down from the heat caused by the scorching heatwave that has pushed temperatures close to …
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"It Feels Like a Slap in the Face": Samsung and Hanwha Employees Experience a 'Collective Reality Check' Over Bonuses… Foreign Media Takes Notice
The Financial Times (FT) reported on the 9th that as SamsungElectronics and SK hynix post record-breaking earnings driven by the artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor boom—with performance bonuse…
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"South Korea Is the 'Foundry' of the U.S. SMR Industry… Set to Shape the Nuclear Power Renaissance"
As the commercialization of small modular reactors (SMRs) in the U.S. faces structural limitations—namely, a lack of manufacturing capacity and skilled labor—an analysis suggests that South Korea has …
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100 Days Into the U.S.-Iran War… 'A Quagmire of Stalemate' Amid an Unstable Ceasefire
It has been 100 days since the first shots of war were fired between the United States and Iran. The Middle East conflict, which began on February 28 (local time) with airstrikes against Iran by the U…