1. 74% of UK firms are reportedly facing delays with EU imports and exports amid disruption caused by Brexit and the Covid pandemic.
영국 기업의 74%가 브렉시트와 코로나 대유행으로 발생한 혼란 때문에, 유럽연합 회원국과의 수출입 과정에서 지연 사태를 겪고 있다고 밝혔습니다.
2. Japan has marked the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the northeastern region, where many survivors’ lives are still on hold.
일본 북동부를 강타한 지진과 쓰나미로 후쿠시마 원전 폭발 사고가 발생한 지 10년이 지났습니다. 여전히 많은 생존자들의 삶은 멈추어 있습니다.
3. A second wave of Covid has ripped through Brazil, pushing hospitals and ICUs toward collapse and claiming record numbers of daily deaths.
코로나 2차 대유행이 브라질을 휩쓸고 있습니다. 병원과 중환자실 등, 의료체계 전반에 붕괴가 초래되고, 사망자 수는 연일 최고치를 기록 중입니다.
4. The Korean TV series 'Crash Landing On You(사랑의 불시착)' has had surprising success on streaming sites in India, prompting many Indians to learn Korean.
한국 드라마 'Crash Landing On You 사랑의 불시착‘이 인도 스트리밍 사이트에서 큰 성공을 거뒀습니다. 드라마의 폭발적인 인기로 많은 인도인들이 한국어를 배우고 있습니다.
5. Fragments of a rare meteorite discovered in the UK could provide answers to questions about the early history of the solar system and life on Earth.
영국에서 희귀한 운석 조각이 발견됐습니다. 태양계와 지구 생명체의 초기 역사의 실마리가 담겼을 것으로 추정돼, 기대감이 커지고 있습니다.
▶NEWS IN-DEPTH 1
Three-quarters of British manufacturers are struggling to cope with delays in moving goods in and out of the EU amid continuing disruption caused by Brexit and the Covid pandemic.
A recent survey of more than 200 leading industrial companies has found that 74% of firms are facing delays with EU imports and exports.
Faced with mounting Brexit red tape, customs checks and disruption to global trade caused by the pandemic, more than half of the companies said they were suffering from increased costs, with more than a third saying they had lost out on sales.
Figures from Germany this week showed that imports from the UK had fallen by more than 56% in January compared with the same month a year ago.
▶NEWS IN-DEPTH 2
Japan marked the 10th anniversary Thursday of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the northeastern region of the country, where many survivors’ lives are still on hold.
People, some carrying bouquets, walked to the coast or graves to pray for relatives and friends washed away by the tsunami.
More than 18,000 people died, mostly in the tsunami, and nearly half a million people were displaced.
Ten years later, more than 40,000 people are still unable to return home, most of them from Fukushima, where areas near the wrecked nuclear plant are still off-limits due to radioactive contamination.
▶NEWS IN-DEPTH 3
A fireball that lit up the sky over the United Kingdom and Northern Europe on February 28 was an extremely rare type of meteorite.
Fragments of the space rock discovered on a driveway in the Cotswolds will give researchers a peek into what the solar system looked like when it was forming, some 4.6 billion years ago.
Almost 300 grams of the meteorite have been collected by scientists, who said the rock was formed of carbonaceous chondrite.
The substance is some of the most pristine material in the solar system and has been known to contain organic material and amino acids -- the ingredients for life.