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Seoul’s 29°C Heatwave: What You Need to Know About Staying Cool This Summer

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Translation result서울 On April 19, as Seoul’s daytime high reached 29°C (84°F), early-summer heat persisted and visitors at Yeouido Mulbit Square cooled off by playing in the water. Photo by Jo Tae-hyung, April 19, 2026.

  • “Bull-market jackpot”: Retail investors used margin to sweep up 23 trillion KRW (about $17.25 billion) — which KOSPI stocks did they buy?
  • Even after transfers spanning 76 km (47 miles), the fare costs about the price of two cups of coffee — riders praise the K-transfer as “sugoi” and “wonderful.”
  • “I’ll win the relay for Dad and be right back” — Why a seemingly healthy man in his 30s suffered an acute brain hemorrhage [Healthy Time]
  • “If I hide my college degree when I apply, will they find out?” With a projected bonus of 700 million KRW (about $525,000), even high-school graduates are asking whether to apply.
  • Samsung Electronics’ union says even 40 trillion KRW (about $30 billion) in bonuses wouldn’t be enough
  • “No wonder I couldn’t digest it” — The betrayal of trusted ‘zero’ drinks [Workplace Critique]
  • “The Strait of Hormuz was supposed to reopen” — instead Iran has re-blockaded the route, warning it will attack vessels that approach the strait.
  • Fired 30,000 employees and the stock surged? While workers suffered, shareholders celebrated — what happened?
  • North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles 11 days after its previous launch — the seventh so far this year
  • The Lee Jae-myung administration’s defense reform will introduce a \”large-branch\” military structure [Lee Hyun-ho’s Military! Talk]
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