Korea 24 - 2021.08.17
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Korea24 – 2021.08.17. (Tuesday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: All remaining South Koreans have been evacuated from Afghanistan, after Taliban militants regained power over the country ahead of a planned withdrawal of U.S. troops. Meanwhile, South Korea reported 1,373 new COVID-19 cases throughout Monday. (Koo Hee-jin)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis: Park Hyon-do (박현도), Professor of Islam Studies from the Sogang Euro-MENA Institute at Sogang (서강) University, joins on the line to talk about the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, and what lies ahead for the troubled nation.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Walter Lee: Hundreds of people have demanded refunds from the pre-paid digital coupon service Mergepoint, after the company suddenly announced plans to reduce the number of participating stores (머지포인트 먹튀 논란에… 정은보 금감원장 "고객 피해 최소화할 것"). Meanwhile, a fire at a parking lot in Cheonan left more than 600 cars damaged (담뱃불 붙이려다 '펑'…지하주차장 660여 대 피해). And singer Lee Jang-won of the rock band Peppertones and musical actor Bae Da-hae have announced their engagement (페퍼톤스 이장원·배다해 결혼 발표 “미래를 함께 하고 싶은 사람”).<br /> <br /> Touch Base in Seoul: Writer Bora Chung (정보라) stops by the studio to talk about her highly acclaimed short story collection, ‘Cursed Bunny’. We also find out how she got started as a writer and what inspires her, as well as her work as a translator of Russian and Polish literature.<br /> <br /> Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi: On tomorrow’s Korea Times, Park Han-sol writes about artist Koo Chae-yeon and her exhibition about cats, called “Nabi’s Worlds of Comfort, I’m OK.” And on tomorrow’s Korea Herald, reporter Kim Hae-yeon features Park Hye-ok, author of “Arirang People’s Diaspora,” which analyzes how Koreans became involved in the Russo-Japanese War, and the transnational lives of the Korean diaspora in the Russian Far East, Manchuria, and Japan
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Korea 24 - 2021.08.17
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