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Tesla shares soar after Musk settles with SEC

Tesla shares soar after Musk settles with SEC The stock price of electric carmaker Tesla has soared after founder Elon Musk settled fraud charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Shares went up more than 17 percent on Monday, making back 돌아가다 nearly all of the losses 손실, 분실, 손해 that occurred last Friday in the wake of ~에 뒤이어, ~을따라 the SEC's lawsuit 소송 against Musk. The SEC claim..

영어뉴스공부 2018.10.02

New regulations prohibiting riding bicycle when drunk, enforcing mandatory use of seatbelts implemented

New regulations prohibiting riding bicycle when drunk, enforcing mandatory use of seatbelts implemented Starting Friday, people will be penalized if caught riding a bicycle while drunk. According to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, under the revised Road Traffic Act, people riding bicycles while intoxicated will have to pay a fine of 30 US dollars. There was previously a claus..

영어뉴스공부 2018.09.28

BTS performs on "Good Morning America"... called 'one of the biggest boy bands in the world'

BTS performs on "Good Morning America"... called 'one of the biggest boy bands in the world' After making a historic speech at the UN General Assembly earlier this week, BTS performed live on ABC's 'Good Morning America' on Wednesday. Calling them 'one of the biggest boy bands in the world', the 7-member group made a splash (make a splash큰 주목을 받다) on the hit show. The group greeted a screaming c..

영어뉴스공부 2018.09.27

Japan's Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM

Japan's Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM Shinzo Abe has been re-elected as head of Japan's ruling Liberal 자유당의, 자유주의의 Democratic 민주적인 Party (자민당) in a landslide vote. For more on this and other news around the world let's turn to our Ro Aram… Aram… what does this mean? Well Mark… it paves (준비하다, (널돌, 벽돌로) 포장하다) the way for Abe to serve up to three more years as Japan's prime minist..

영어뉴스공부 2018.09.21

Korea's employment elasticity falls to lowest level since 2010

Korea's employment elasticity falls to lowest level since 2010 Korea's employment elasticity (고용 탄력성) , indicating the economy's ability to generate jobs, has fallen to its lowest level in more than eight years. Using data from the Bank of Korea and Statistics Korea, the employment elasticity figure is the number of jobs added divided by the country's real GDP growth. In the second quarter this ..

영어뉴스공부 2018.09.18

Cancer deaths to rise to 9.6 million in 2018

Cancer deaths to rise to 9.6 million in 2018: WHO Updated: 2018-09-13 10:02:56 KST + Text Size Large / - Small The World Health Organization predicts that cancer will claim (목숨을) 앗아가다, (사실이라고) 주장하다, (자기권리나 재산이라고 여겨) 요구하다, 요청하다, 청구하다, the lives of nearly 10 million people this year. The report by the WHO's cancer research agency also states. that the number of people around the world who have can..

영어뉴스공부 2018.09.14

Gov't ban has significantly reduced use of plastic cups

Gov't ban has significantly reduced use of plastic cups ] About a month ago, the Korean government banned the use of disposable (일회용의, 디스포스블) cups in coffee shops and restaurants. And it appears the use of these plastic items was reduced drastically (과감하게, 철저하게) . A civic (시민의) group named "Korea Zero Waste Movement Network" conducted on-site inspections of about a thousand cafes and fast food c..

영어뉴스공부 2018.08.30

Heavy downpours slam Seoul and southern regions, causing flooding

Heavy downpours slam Seoul and southern regions, causing flooding Updated: 2018-08-29 06:55:30 KST Heavy downpours (호우) flooded streets and homes in South Korea's central and southern regions on Tuesday night. Cars were half-submerged on flooded roads, and facilities near rivers were completely flooded. Store owners tried their best to prevent damages as water gushed into ( from, out of, into (액..

영어뉴스공부 2018.08.30

Korea marks 'Chobok', start of hottest period of summer

Korea marks 'Chobok', start of hottest period of summer Updated: 2018-07-17 06:58:35 KST Seoul's first heatwave 열파(한동안의 혹서) warning of the year was issued on Monday as the daytime high soared to a sweltering (더위먹은, 더위에 지친, 무더운, swelter 무더위에 시달리다) 34 degrees Celsius. However, such temperatures at this time of the year aren't out of the ordinary in Korea. In fact, Koreans mark the coming of mid-su..

영어뉴스공부 2018.07.17

Thailand cave rescue miracle... gets invited from Manchester United

Thailand cave rescue miracle... gets invited from Manchester United Updated: 2018-07-11 18:02:14 KST An overwhelming sense of joy was felt all over Thailand, and across the globe… after the last two boys from a youth football team were recued on Tuesday from an underground cave. Twelve boys aged 11 to 16 belonging to a youth football team and their 25-year-old coach became trapped 가두다. 흔히 수동태로 많..

영어뉴스공부 2018.07.12