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GMS FOCUS is a weekly segment on ARIRANG RADIO's morning news magazine show GOOD MORNING SEOUL that addresses complicated current event stories in and outside of Korea. Join our host Lina Kwon and guest Morten Larsen as they dive into questions surrounding cultural heritage, ideologies, trade wars, the global fight for a greener future, etc. We'll provide the context so you can get a better understanding of the wider scope of the story. Don't miss out!

S. Korea's Short-selling Ban in Stocks

18 mins; November 14, 2023

Antony Blinken's visit to Korea

18 mins; November 13, 2023

Kakao Corporation's crisis

18 mins; November 07, 2023

US Presidential Election

18 mins; November 06, 2023

Recent key financial indices

19 mins; October 31, 2023

President's trip to the Middle East

18 mins; October 30, 2023

BOK's latest rate freezing decision

18 mins; October 24, 2023

Belt & Road Forum

19 mins; October 23, 2023

Economic effect of Israel Gaza war

16 mins; October 17, 2023

Seoul's Gangseo District by-election

17 mins; October 16, 2023

Record high US treasury yields

18 mins; October 10, 2023

Shortcomings of international organizations

17 mins; October 09, 2023

Korea's national pension reform

19 mins; October 03, 2023

N. Korea's 'nuclear force policy'

19 mins; October 02, 2023

Growing trade protectionism

18 mins; September 26, 2023

Pres. Yoon's trip to New York

19 mins; September 25, 2023

Korea's latest jobs data

18 mins; September 19, 2023

Kim-Putin summit and regional impact

17 mins; September 18, 2023

Soaring global oil prices

17 mins; September 12, 2023

ASEAN, G20 Summit

18 mins; September 11, 2023

2024 Budget and surrounding issues

20 mins; September 05, 2023

Regular parliamentary session opens

20 mins; September 04, 2023

Interest rates and economic growth

17 mins; August 29, 2023

BRICS welcomes new members

18 mins; August 28, 2023

China’s deepening property market crisis

19 mins; August 22, 2023

S. Korea-US-Japan trilateral summit

19 mins; August 21, 2023

S. Korea's plunging tax revenue

18 mins; August 15, 2023

China's opening of group tours to Korea

18 mins; August 14, 2023

Korea's lingering economic uncertainties

20 mins; August 08, 2023

Trump's possible comeback

19 mins; August 07, 2023

The US Fed’s latest rate hike

20 mins; August 01, 2023

Boosted N. Korea-China-Russia ties

19 mins; July 31, 2023

Korea's snowballing household debt

21 mins; July 25, 2023

US-China chip war

17 mins; July 24, 2023

China's sluggish recovery

20 mins; July 18, 2023

Pres. Yoon's trip to eastern Europe

17 mins; July 17, 2023

Yellen's visit to China

18 mins; July 11, 2023

Escalating protests in France

18 mins; July 10, 2023

Government's financial strategy

19 mins; July 04, 2023

Wagner mutiny and its impact on Northeast Asia

18 mins; July 03, 2023

Korea's minimum wage system

18 mins; June 27, 2023

President Yoon’s visit to France, Vietnam

20 mins; June 26, 2023

US Fed's rate freeze

16 mins; June 20, 2023

Politicization of diplomatic issues

19 mins; June 19, 2023

Fluctuating exchange rate

18 mins; June 13, 2023

Korea's new National Security Strategy

19 mins; June 12, 2023

US-China chip war

19 mins; June 06, 2023

S. Korea's Indo-Pacific diplomacy

19 mins; June 05, 2023

'Yellow envelope bill'

15 mins; May 30, 2023

Recent Seoul-Beijing relations

19 mins; May 29, 2023

Electricity, gas rate hikes

16 mins; May 23, 2023

G7 Hiroshima summit

18 mins; May 22, 2023

G7 finance ministers' meeting

18 mins; May 16, 2023

President Yoon's first year in office

10 mins; May 15, 2023

ADB general meeting

18 mins; May 09, 2023

South Korea-Japan summit

18 mins; May 08, 2023

'SG Securities fiasco'

18 mins; May 02, 2023

Pres. Yoon's state visit to US

19 mins; May 01, 2023

China's strong recovery and its impact

18 mins; April 25, 2023

Pres. Yoon's state visit to U.S.

19 mins; April 24, 2023

S. Korea's snowballing debt

20 mins; April 18, 2023

U.S. spying fiasco

19 mins; April 17, 2023

IMF warnings on declining global growth

16 mins; April 11, 2023

China's latest diplomacy

19 mins; April 10, 2023

Boosting spending VS. Inflation concerns

16 mins; April 04, 2023

Summit for Democracy

17 mins; April 03, 2023

Stabilizing rice prices

15 mins; March 28, 2023

School violence laws

15 mins; March 27, 2023

SVB fallout

16 mins; March 21, 2023

S. Korea-Japan summit

18 mins; March 20, 2023

52-hour work week reform plan

19 mins; March 14, 2023

Japan's forced labor issue

17 mins; March 13, 2023

S. Korea's slumping exports

14 mins; March 07, 2023

U.S. CHIPS Act incentives

20 mins; March 06, 2023

Analysis on BOK's rate freeze

16 mins; February 28, 2023

Biden-Putin confrontation

19 mins; February 27, 2023

Breaking oligopoly of Korea's major banks

19 mins; February 21, 2023

Surveillance balloon

16 mins; February 20, 2023

Strong U.S. jobs report and impact on interest rates

19 mins; February 14, 2023

Troubled interior minister Lee Sang-min

15 mins; February 13, 2023

U.S. rate hike and Korean economy

19 mins; February 07, 2023

DP chief Lee's corruption allegations

14 mins; February 06, 2023

Soaring public utility fees and inflation

21 mins; January 31, 2023

Significance of Busan Expo 2030

19 mins; January 30, 2023

Intensifying global fragmentation

20 mins; January 24, 2023

Latest on N. Korea

14 mins; January 17, 2023

Biden-Kishida summit

18 mins; January 16, 2023

Continuing rate hikes and market impact

19 mins; January 10, 2023

Intensifying U.S.-China chip war

17 mins; January 09, 2023

N. Korea's intensifying belligerence and the year ahead

18 mins; January 03, 2023

S. Korea's diplomacy in 2023

17 mins; January 02, 2023

2023 Budget analysis

21 mins; December 27, 2022

Top 10 Global Headlines of 2022

24 mins; December 26, 2022

2022 wrap-up on top N. Korea news

15 mins; December 20, 2022

Korea's three major reforms

18 mins; December 19, 2022

Global economic impact of China's reopening

17 mins; December 13, 2022

Pres. Yoon's nuclear power policy

19 mins; December 12, 2022

4th-generation succession in N. Korea

16 mins; December 06, 2022

Nationwide Truckers Strike

18 mins; December 05, 2022

Korean won on 2023 prospects for S. Korean exports

19 mins; November 29, 2022

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