Korea 24 - 2021.03.10 - a podcast by KBS WORLD Radio

Korea24 – 2021.03.10. (Wednesday)



- News Briefing: South Korea and the United States have reached an agreement on Seoul's share of the burden in maintaining U.S. troops on the Korean Peninsula. Under the new deal, South Korea will pay one-point-183 trillion won this year in shared defense costs, up nearly 14 percent from the last deal. (Eunice Kim)



- In-Depth News Analysis Part One: Rajiv Biswas, the Asia Pacific chief economist at IHS Markit, discusses what it means for the South Korean economy after the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) raised Korea's growth forecast to 3.2% for 2021 and nine major investment banks predicted that South Korea's economy would expand to an average of 3.6% this year.



- In-Depth News Analysis Part Two: Ken Buesseler, senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, gives his thoughts on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster as Thursday marks 10 years since the catastrophic event. He also discusses the disaster's consequences and the lessons that can be learned from it.



- Korea Trending with Lee Ju-young: South Korean short track star Lim Hyo-jin's chances to compete at the Beijing Winter Olympics become unclear(‘?? ??’ ???, ?????? ? ?? ?…“??? ??”), a dinosaur fossil is discovered off the South Korean coast(?? ??? ???? 1?2?? ? ? ???? ??), and Rosé of BlackPink is will perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote her upcoming solo album(???? ??, ? '?? ???'? ?? ??).



- Korea Book Club: Barry Welsh shares "Off to Battle at Dawn(????)" by Bang Hyeon-seok(???), set during Korea's rapid development in the 1980s made on the backs of underpaid and undervalued laborers. Barry talks about how the short novel portrays the human cost of the conflict between factory owners and workers.



- Morning Edition Preview: Mark shares a story from the Korea Times that talks about an exhibition at the National Palace Museum of Korea that displays how military power and tactics were used during the Joseon Dynasty. He also talks about the Korea Herald's feature on violinist Yang In-mo as his latest album was released on Wednesday.

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