Morning Special (2018. Jul. 25. Wed.)

▶Touch! Global Headlines

HEADLINE 1

Hundreds have gone missing after a dam collapsed in southeast Laos on Monday, flooding 6 villages, resulting in many residents being killed and hundred others displaced.

- displace (살던 곳에서) 쫒아내다

HEADLINE 2

The daily high in Yeongcheon and Yeoju exceeded 40 degrees Celsius yesterday.

 

HEADLINE 3

Amid ongoing heat waves across the country, the maximum electricity demand set a new record.

 

HEADLINE 4

North Korea has reportedly begun to dismantle its missile engine testing site at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station.

- dismantle 분해하다, 해체하다

HEADLINE 5

South Korea's defense ministry said Tuesday that it is pushing for a plan to withdraw forces and their equipment from border guard posts "on a trial basis" in line with the April inter-Korean summit agreement.

- on a trial basis 시험삼아

 

HEADLINE 6

Wildfires near Athens, Greece have killed at least 70 people and injured scores more.

 

▶News Focus 1

Korea is likely to face inflationary pressure due to rising oil prices, fallout from record high temperatures, and increasing public utility rates. Rising oil prices tend to fuel inflationary pressure by jacking up production costs. In addition, the current heat wave, is feared to sharply increase prices of vegetables and other foods. Finally, Seoul City and other municipal governments are poised to hike taxi and bus fares as well as water and sewage rates in the coming months.

- fallout 좋지 못한 결과

- jack up 주시하다

- poised ~할 만반의 태세를 갖추고 있다

 

▶News Focus 2

According to government data, Korea is home to nearly 13.5 million senior citizens between the ages of 55 and 79. That’s up 512,000 people, or 4%, from a year ago. More than 56% of Korea’s seniors are currently working, while nearly 46% are collecting a pension. The average monthly pension amounts to approximately 570,000 won, with males taking home 760,000 won and females 370,000. In addition to making ends meet, these senior citizens say they work to keep in shape, kill time, or to make friends.

- make ends meet 겨우 먹고 살 만큼 벌다

 

▶News Focus 3

Posing for photos is an everyday occurrence for sports stars. However, some photo ops can quickly lead to criticism and controversy. Not only the photos themselves, but the athletes’ captions can also get them in hot water. MMA fighter and part-time boxer, Conor McGregor recently stirred up controversy by captioning a photo with Russian President Vladimir Putin with the phrase: “This man is one of the greatest leaders of our time.” But perhaps there’s no better example of this than Dennis Rodman and his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which dates back to 2013.

- photo ops = photo opportunity

- controversy 논란

- in hot water 곤경에 처해서

- stirred up ~를 고무하다