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day 44on the front page

unit 7 · courts, crime & disasters

    on the front page

    Question an unreasonable order with -으래서야 (if they tell you to …, how can …?), and talk about the press: 게재, 기고, 연재, 속보, 논평, 왜곡, 유언비어.

    today’s words

    • 개그 gaegeu · comedy, gags (on TV)
    • 게재 gejae · publication, running (an article)
    • 기고 gigo · contributed article (to a paper)
    • 내막 naemak · the inside story
    • 논평 nonpyeong · commentary, comment (on events)
    • 대중성 daejungseong · popular appeal
    • 등재 deungjae · being listed, registration (on a list)
    • 밀착 milchak · close contact; (밀착 취재) close-up coverage
    • 배포 baepo · distribution, handing out
    • 부각 bugak · highlighting, bringing to the fore
    • 선정적 seonjeongjeok · sensational, lurid (of media content)
    • 선풍적 seonpungjeok · sensational (success), all the rage
    • 섭외 seoboe · booking (guests), arranging (contacts)
    • 속보 sokbo · breaking news, news flash
    • 수용자 suyongja · audience, (media) users
    • 언론사 eollonsa · news organisation, media outlet
    • 연재 yeonjae · serialisation, a series (in a paper)
    • 열풍 yeolpung · craze, fever
    • 왜곡 waegok · distortion
    • 외신 oesin · the foreign press, foreign news reports
    • 월간 wolgan · monthly (publication)
    • 유언비어 yueonbieo · groundless rumour, false rumour
    • 유포 yupo · spreading (rumours, false information)

    sentences

    • 그 기사는 오늘 아침 신문 1면에 게재되었다. · The article ran on the front page of this morning’s paper.
    • 방송국은 기습 폭우로 인한 사고 소식을 속보로 전했다. · The station broke the news of the accident caused by the sudden downpour as a news flash.
    • 그 드라마는 해외에서도 선풍적인 인기를 끌며 새로운 열풍을 일으켰다. · The drama was a sensational hit abroad too and set off a new craze.
    • 여러 언론사가 규제를 완화하겠다는 정부 발표에 대해 논평을 냈다. · Several news outlets issued comments on the government’s announcement that it would ease regulations.
    • 추정 보도만 이어진 이 사건의 내막에 외신 기자들도 관심을 보였다. · Foreign correspondents, too, took an interest in the inside story of the affair, which had only produced speculative reports.