Korea 24 - 2021.11.02 - a podcast by KBS WORLD Radio

Korea24 – 2021.11.02. (Tuesday)



News Briefing: President Moon Jae-in has officially declared that South Korea will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 2018 levels by 2030. Moon made the commitment on Monday in his keynote speech at the annual UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Eunice Kim)



In-Depth News Analysis: The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference opened in Glasgow on Sunday, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by around 200 countries on how to tackle global warming. But there has been much criticism about the summit’s impact, especially with leaders from China and Russia, staying away from the event. Meanwhile, South Korea has set ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, but business sectors have expressed concerns of its possible negative economic consequences. To assess Korea’s goals and provide an overview of COP26, Professor Kim Jeong-in from the School of Economics at Chung-ang (??) University joins us on the line.the



Korea Trending with Jung Ye-won:

1. Police have arrested a woman on charges of child abuse, after she was seen severely beating her 7 year-old son in broad daylight last month. (?? ??? 7? ??? ??? ??…?? ?? ???)

2. Concerns are growing that South Korea may run out of diesel exhaust fluid due to China’s decision to restrict its export. (??? '???' ????? ???? ??…??? 200?? ??)

3. A 5 year-old girl who was tragically left with irreversible injuries to her brain after an accident, has gone on to save the lives of three other critically ill patients through organ donation. (????? ?? ? ?? 5?, 3??? ?? ???? ???)



Touch Base in Seoul: One of the key figures behind the scenes that helped South Korea’s women’s curling team win their historic silver medal at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics was Canadian coach Peter Gallant. He has now returned to try and help the team once again, first to qualify for Beijing 2022, and possibly help repeat their past Olympic success, or even go one step further. He joins us to talk about how the team is preparing, what brought him back, and the support he showed the team when they came forward with the abuse that they suffered under the former head coach and management.



Morning Edition Preview with Antony Casey:

- In tomorrow’s Korea Times, Jon Dunbar introduces a new book on the Gwangju Uprising by David Dolinger, who was a US Peace Corps volunteer at the time.

- In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Ko Jun-tae writes about the scourge of delivery motorcyclists in Seoul, and what businesses and authorities are doing about it.

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