이번 회에는 저희 책 Advanced Vocab에서 소개한 중상급 영단어들을 알려드립니다. 단어의 우리말 뜻을 기억하는 데에 그치지 않고, 난이도 있는 단어를 실제로 활용하는 단계까지 나아가 보기 바랍니다. <강조, 선전> 1. reiterate [riːítərèit] 강조하다 re(again)+iterate(repeat의 의미)로 구성된 단어다. 여러 차례 반복하며 강조한다는 뜻이다. During the conference call, the CEO reiterated several times that the upcoming quarter will be extremely critical for the company's business. 실적 발표를 위한 콘퍼런스 콜에서 대표이사는 다음 분기가 사업상 매우 중요하다고 수차례나 강조했다. ● 선생님은 교실에서 욕설을 써서는 안 된다고 누차 강조했다. The teacher reiterated several times that profani

These days, the world is concerned about the dubious future of South Korea. People anxiously look on at the unprecedented sociopolitical upheaval since the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Depending on the decision of the Constitutional Court, Yoon may return to office or fade away. Either way, conflict seems inevitable in Korea because the country is sharply divided by two mutually antagonizing groups that either support or denounce Yoon, or subscribe to the right-wing doctrine or the le

After years of grinding lower, a widely watched measure of fertility in a country battling significant demographic headwinds notched a small increase. While welcome, there’s little chance South Korea’s popular narrative of a nation blighted by empty schools and a deserted countryside will be put aside. Smaller families are here to stay. Nobody is popping the champagne. Few experts consider that a trickle of decent numbers represents a change in the long-term trend of slowing population growth. N

Seoul’s property market heats up, raising fears of a debt-fueled bubble At a time when South Korea’s economy faces downside risks on multiple fronts, policymakers are now required to deal with two, interrelated challenges — a spike in property prices in Seoul and the ballooning of household debt. The resurgence of Seoul’s housing market is prompting renewed concerns over financial stability. Since the Seoul Metropolitan Government eased land transaction restrictions in key districts last month,

2) 해커스 텝스 문법 Part Ⅰ Choose the best answer for the blank. 1. A: _____________ when you finish high school? B: I don’t know. Maybe I’ll take up accounting. (a) What do you think you’ll do (b) What you’re thinking you’ll do (c) Do you think you’ll be what (d) Do you think what you’ll do 해석 A: 고등학교를 졸업하면 무엇을 할 것 같아? B: 모르겠어. 아마도 회계 일을 시작할 것 같아. 해설 간접 의문문의 올바른 어순 채우기 think가 동사로 쓰인 의문문에 간접 의문문(when you finish high school)이 포함되면 의문사(What)가 문장의 맨 앞으로 온다. 따라서 (a) What do you think you’ll do가 정답이다. 어휘 ta

Every day, it seems there’s fresh news about artificial intelligence: self-driving cars, cloud-based services, generative AI that can produce art and text, and even robots with synthetic muscles. The pace of change is dizzying, filling us with hope for a better future as well as worries about deepfakes, misinformation and ethical lapses. It can feel like we’re driving on a foggy highway or drifting on a vast, uncharted ocean. In this column, I hope to clear some of that haze by looking at how ou

Government not to increase medical admissions, yet reform should go on The government will reduce the number of new students entering medical schools next year back to 3,058, which is the same as the admission quota for the 2024 academic year. Last year, as part of its medical reform agenda, the government increased the medical school admission quota for the 2025 school year by about 1,500 despite strong opposition from the medical community. The 3,058-student admission quota had been frozen for

J-Hope of BTS released the new single “Sweet Dreams,” featuring Miguel, on Friday. Like an increasing number of K-pop songs, it was released at midnight in the eastern US to match the start of the week for the US Billboard Hot 100 Charts. The song is R&B and pop, with a memorable chorus and hook. It is also a love song. And unlike most of BTS’ discography, the love is directed at one person and not to the BTS fandom Army. However, what was most notable for me were the parallels to his 2018 solo

The Korea Herald republishes a weekly legislative report by local law firm DR & AJU LLC to provide the latest information on bills approved, proposed, pending and set to be promulgated. -- Ed. Proposed Bill: Partial Amendment to the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act Proposed by Rep. Park Hong-bae (Democratic Party of Korea) ● This amendment strengthens protections for fundamental labor rights under the Constitution. Notably, it enhances contractors’ responsibilities toward subcontra

Court ruling underscores importance of due process for Yoon’s impeachment case President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from jail Saturday after a court accepted his request to overturn his arrest over his short-lived imposition of martial law in early December. Yoon had been held in detention since Jan. 15 on insurrection charges related to his Dec. 3 declaration of martial law that plunged South Korea into political turmoil, national division and economic uncertainty. On Saturday, a special invest

Seeing tens of thousands of demonstrators engulfing the capital’s downtown streets on Saturday, March 1 harkened back to a massive rally on the very same byways exactly 106 years ago. It is extremely disheartening to fathom the difference. On March 1, 1919, our forebears were firmly united in confronting the brutal Japanese gendarmes under the sole objective of regaining independent sovereignty. Their rally in Seoul sparked a nationwide movement that laid the spiritual and legal cornerstone of o

Global freedom and democracy have been declining for two decades, reaching historic lows, according to two reports just released from the Economist Intelligence Unit and Freedom House. To those of us who witnessed the end of the Cold War, it’s hard to accept that the trend toward a freer and more democratic world has reversed. But that’s just because we haven’t been looking for the right signs. Autocracy is on the rise, but it’s not happening with tanks in the streets or generals in uniform anno

Democratic Party accuses prosecution of complicity in Yoon Suk Yeol's insurrection, after procedural issues surrounding Yoon's detention led to his release from jail Lawmakers of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, including Chair Rep. Lee Jae-myung (front, third from left), hold signs saying, "Arrest the insurrection leader!" at the main building of the National Assembly on Sunday, a day after suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from jail. In a meeting held prior

지난주에 이어서 최신 토익독해 기출 표현을 함께 공부해 보자! 31-40 (Transportation & Public Services) 31. autonomous – self-driving, independent Some airports now use partially autonomous shuttles. (일부 공항에서는 부분적으로 자율 주행 셔틀을 사용하고 있습니다.) 32. transport – carry, move These shuttles transport passengers across long airport distances. (이 셔틀은 승객을 공항 내 먼 거리까지 운송합니다.) 33. safety features – protective mechanisms Engineers adapted automobile safety features for airport shuttles. (엔지니어들은 공항 셔틀을 위해 자동차 안전 기능을 적용했습니다.) 34. operate re

South Korea suffers ‘triple minus’ in January amid negative export outlook due to US tariffs South Korea’s economy faces pressure on multiple fronts ranging from industrial output and facility investment to the outlook for exports and consumer prices amid growing concerns about a global trade war. The country’s industrial output, retail sales and facility investment all fell in January from a month earlier, data showed Tuesday. The figures marked the first “triple minus” since October, a signal