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World Nuclear Report Reveals $4.4 Billion in Overruns and Major Defects in Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Korea A World Nuclear Expert Report revealed $4.4 billion in overruns and major defects in the construction of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Korea in 2020, but Korean media did not mention it. The World Nuclear Industry Qualification Report (WNISR) reported on August 21, 2020, in its re..

August exports: Foreign media: ‘Slowing growth’, Ahn Deok-gyun: ‘largest ever’, Korean media: ‘increasing’, Yoon Seok-yeol 'May export boom' While foreign media reported Korea’s August trade statistics as a ‘slowing growth in exports,’ Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Ahn Deok-gyun said it was a ‘highest performance ever,’ President Yoon Seok-yeol calls it an 'economic boom' based on 'May ..

National Intelligence Service Report to the National Assembly Foreign Media ‘Separation of Successor to New Drug’ Korean Media ‘Overlapping’ Intelligence Reports Psychological Warfare While foreign media reported the National Intelligence Service’s report on North Korea’s situation to the National Assembly as ‘separation of successor to new drug,’ Korean media engaged in psychological warfare by..

Samsung Electronics approves HBM3 for China, short of HBM3E, Korean media ‘passes NVIDIA’ Based on foreign media reports that Samsung Electronics' HBM3 chip was limited to use in the "less sophisticated NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU) H20," which was developed at a low stage for NVIDIA's entry into the Chinese market, most Korean media said that it was 'Nvidia passed'. Citing an official, ..

Trump's nomination of Vice President Vence, 'response to non-conformity in presidential election', evaluated as extremist, Korean media promoted 'dirt spoon' When U.S. presidential candidate Trump nominated Senator Vance as vice president, the U.S. media evaluated him as a “leader in conservatism” and “extremist,” starting with “preparing to respond to objections to the presidential election res..

U.S. presidential election accelerates political violence, expands divisions, October Surprise on the Korean Peninsula ‘possible’ As political violence accelerated in the U.S. presidential election, divisions expanded and the Korean media focused on the possibility of Trump being elected, opening up the possibility of an October Surprise ahead of the November election on the Korean Peninsula. Th..

U.S. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time in the year; Korean media cuts for the second time While the U.S. Federal Reserve referred to the interest rate cut within the year as ‘the first rate cut within the year,’ Korean media reported it as ‘the second rate cut within the year.’ The ‘dot plot’ forecast released by the U.S. Federal Reserve on the 12th reflects policymakers’ co..

Traders ‘reduce bets’ due to European interest rate cut Korean media reports ‘US rate cut in September’ Investors are paying attention to the U.S. stock market due to the European Central Bank's (ECB) interest rate cut, and Korean media has begun to encourage betting by abusing reports of 'additional U.S. interest rate cuts'. Traders have scaled back bets on further rate cuts this year, keeping ..

Korean stock market plunges, Iran airport ‘explosion sound’, US official says ‘missile’, Iran ‘no’ Regarding the explosion sound at the Iranian airport on the 19th, when the Korean stock market plummeted, a U.S. official said it was an “Israeli missile attack,” but an Iranian official denied it and said it was “not a missile airstrike.” The Korean stock market fell by 2.89% and SK Hynix by 5.43%..

NYT: ‘Government overtreats competition’ in response to doctors’ strike; Korean media: ‘Strong government response wins’ Regarding the doctors' strike, the New York Times reflected the doctors' argument that the cause of the doctor's strike was 'overtreatment by the government intensifying competition' and 'the shortage of doctors is limited to certain fields', while the Korean media sided with ..