373회 외교부장관 남편 해외여행 '부적절' 논란 / 빅히트 상장

<p>진행자: 임정요, Paul Kerry</p><p><br></p><p>1. Foreign minister in hot water over husband's US trip to purchase yacht</p><p><br></p><p>요약: 강경화 외교부장관의 남편 이일병 교수가 코로나19 사태에 여행자제 권고에도 불구하고 개인 요트 구매를 위해 미국 여행을 떠나 논란이 일고 있다.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>[1] Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has been hit by controversy over her husband’s recent trip to the US presumably to purchase a yacht, with political parties lambasting the excursion as “inappropriate,” saying it went against her own recommendation that people refrain from overseas travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><br></p><p>*hit by controversy: 논란의 중심이 되다</p><p>*presumably: 아마도, 높은 가능성으로</p><p>*lambast: 맹공하다, 거세게 비난하다</p><p>*excursion: 여행</p><p>*inappropriate: 부적절하다</p><p>*go against: ~에 반대되다</p><p>*refrain from doing A: ~하는것을 자제하다</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[2] Local broadcaster KBS on Saturday reported that Lee Yill-byung, a professor emeritus of computer science at Yonsei University, was spotted at Incheon Airport about to depart for the US for personal travel. Lee had shared his plans to purchase a yacht and travel around the US on his personal blog for months, according to the report.</p><p><br></p><p>*professor emeritus: 명예교수</p><p><br></p><p>[3] “I am going on self-guided travel,” he said on camera at the airport. “Coronavirus isn’t going to disappear in a day or two. I just can’t remain at home all the time,” he responded when asked about concerns surrounding his trip, amid the government’s advice to refrain from nonessential travel.</p><p><br></p><p>*nonessential: 필수가 아닌</p><p><br></p><p>[4] Lee’s trip comes as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ special travel advisory, issued in March, remains in effect. The ministry is still asking the public to either cancel or postpone all overseas travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has extended the travel advisory until Oct. 19. People in Korea were also urged to refrain from long-distance travel and stay home as much as possible during the recent five-day Chuseok holiday.</p><p><br></p><p>*remain in effect: 유효하다</