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North Korea's rocket engine test: World will 'soon witness' significance

* witness : (사건, 사고를) 목격하다

* significance : 중요성

By Lionel Lim and Taehoon Lee, CNN

Updated 1152 GMT (1952 HKT) March 19, 2017

Link : http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/19/asia/north-korea-high-thrust-engine-test/index.html

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of a new high-thrust engine seen as a "great leap forward" for the country's rocket industry, state media reported Sunday.

* oversee : (작업, 활동이 제대로 이뤄지는지) 감독하다

* thrust : (거칠게)밀다, 밀치다, 찌르다, 추진력

The test measured the thrust power in the combustion chamber, the structural safety and reliability of the engine, and the movement of the turbine pump, state-owned Korean Central News Agency reported.

* combustion : 불이탐, 연소

* chamber : -실(室)

* combustion chamber : 연소실

It took place at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, in North Pyongpan Province, it said.

'Historic significance'

State media said the test was successful and marked an event of "historic significance" that could lead to the rebirth of the country's indigenous rocket industry.

Kim emphasized the whole world would "soon witness what eventful significance the great victory won today carries," KCNA reported.

The announcement came hours before US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with President Xi Jingping of China -- North Korea's only major global ally -- in Beijing.

Although neither side brought up the subject publicly, Tillerson was expected to raise the prospect of financial penalties on Chinese companies and banks that do business with North Korea.

* prospect : 가망[가능성]

South Korea's ousted President 'sorry,' leaves mansion

By James Griffiths, Pamela Boykoff and Susannah Cullinane, CNN

Updated 1313 GMT (2113 HKT) March 12, 2017

Link : http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/12/asia/south-korea-park-geun-hye-protests/index.html

(CNN) - South Korea's ousted President Park Geun-hye left the executive mansion Sunday, two days after the Constitutional Court voted to remove her from office.

Park left the mansion known as the Blue House and went to her private home in southern Seoul, according to her spokesman Kim Dong-jo.

Park said she is "sorry that I couldn't fulfill my duty as President until the end," Congressman Min Kyung-wook said on her behalf in front of Park's private home, where crowds chanted support for the departing leader.

* chant : 구호[성가]를 (거듭) 외치다[부르다], 연호하다

"I thank people who have supported and believed in me," Park's statement said. "I will accept all the results. It will take time. but I believe that truth will definitely come out."

* statement : 성명,진술,서술, 성명서, 진술서, 입출금 내역서

She left office after a Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a vote by lawmakers to impeach her over allegations of corruption and cronyism.

* allegation : 혐의[주장]

* cronyism : (못마땅함)정실 인사

South Korea: Court upholds President Park Geun-hye's impeachment;protests erupt

By Paula Hancocks and Euan McKirdy, CNN

Updated 0538 GMT (1338 HKT) March 10, 2017

Link : http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/09/asia/south-korea-park-guen-hye-impeachment-upheld/

Seoul, South Korea - South Korea's Constitutional Court has upheld a decision by the country's National Assembly to impeach President Park Geun-hye over alleged corruption.

* uphold : (법, 원칙 등을) 유지시키다, (이전의 판결을)확인하다, (요구 사항의 타당성을)인정하다

* impeach : 탄핵[고발]하다, ~에 대해 의문[의혹]을 제기하다

* allege : (증거 없이)혐의를 제기하다[주장하다]

* corruption : (특히 권위 있는 위치에 있는 사람들의)부패[타락], 오염, 변질

* alleged corruption : 비리 의혹

The unprecedented decision was unanimous, with all eight judges on the court voting to remove Park, the country's first female president, from office. South Koreans immediately took to the streets, with some groups protesting against the decision and others celebrating her removal from power.

* unprecedented : 전례 없는 

* unanimous : 만장[전원]일치의

Two people died in the protests, a statement from Prime Minister and acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn said.

The decision was revealed by Justice Lee Jung-mi Friday in a live broadcast that gripped the nation.

"We announce the decision as the unanimous opinion of all judges. We dismiss the defendant President Park," said Lee.

* dismiss : (사람을)보내다[물러가게 하다/해산시키다], (생각, 느낌을)떨쳐 버리다, (고려할 가치가 없다고)물살[일축]하다

* defendant : (재판에서)피고

South Korea's political stability is crucial to the security of the region -- it is a key buttress against North Korea, its provocative neighbor, and a major trading partner with the US and its Asian neighbors.

* crucial : 중대한, 결정적인

* buttress : (벽의)지지대, 부벽, 지지하다, 힘을 실어 주다

* provocative : 도발적인, 화를 돋우려는

Here are the main developments from the day:

- South Korea's first female president becomes the first to be ousted as a result of impeachment.

- Now stripped of her immunity, Park is liable to prosecution for the scandal that brought about her ouster.

- Pro-and anti-Park protests throng the streets of the capital.

- Park supporters have been cordoned off by police;they're trying to reach the court which handed down the decision.

- Injuries have been reported as emotions run high in the protests.

- North Korea says Park will be investigated "as a common criminal."

* liable : (무엇의 비용을 지불할)법적 책임이 있는

* be liable to : ~하기 쉽다, ~에 책임이 있다

* prosecution : 기소, 소추; 고발

* ouster : 축출

* throng : 인파, 군중, (떼를 지어)모여들다[모여 있다]

* cordon something off : 저지선을 치다, (비상 경계선을 치고)사람들의 출입을 통제하다

* hand down : (결정, 진술 등을 공식적으로) 내리다[공표하다]

Park is the first South Korean president to be thrown out of office by the court. An election for her replacement must be held within 60 days, with Hwang, the acting President, to set the day.

Park's ouster means she loses the protection from prosecution she enjoyed as president. She could now face a formal investigation into her role in the corruption scandal which led to her impeachment.

Inside the quirky world of Snapchat

by Alanna Petroff

February 3, 2017: 12:04 PM

Link : http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/03/technology/snapchat-ipo-filing/index.html

The world inside Snapchat is even quirkier than you'd expect.

*quirk : (사람의 성격에서)별남 점; 기벽

*quirky : 꾀바른, 변덕스러운

Snap -- as Snapchat's parent company is known -- field a 244-page document Thursday afternoon, detailing its plans to go public. It revealed some delightful and strange insights into the young firm.

Power at the top

The company's cofounders -- CEO Evan Spiegel and chief technology officer Robert Murphy  -- have set themselves up to have iron-fisted control over the company.

* cofounder : 공동 창설[창립]자

* set up (to start) sth : 판을 벌이다

Regular investors will have no voting rights, which is highly unusual. The two cofounders will have the majority of the voting shares, which gives them control over matters like executive pay and potential mergers.

* majority of : 다수의

* voting : 투표, 선거

* voting share : 주식

Additionally, these special voting right will continue to be valid for nine months after the death of either Spiegel or Murphy. So it's possible that Spiegel's fiance -- supermodel Miranda Kerr -- could inherit his stake in the business and wield a significant amount of power over Snapchat's fate.

*stake : 지분

*wield : (권력, 권위 등을)행사하다

Snap declined to comment beyond what was in its filing.

Security concerns

The company is intent on keeping Spiegel alive and well. Snap spent $890,339 on his personal security last year, nearly three times what it spent in 2015.

* intent : 강한 관심[흥미]을 보이는, 몰두[열중]하는

Meanwhile, his salary was just north of $500,000 and his bonus for the year was a cool $1 million.

* north of ~ : <금액이>(얼마)이상

* a cool $1 million : 자그마치 백만 달러

Murphy makes $250,000 a year, but the document didn't mention a bonus.

Chief strategy officer Imran Khan received about $5.5 million in total compensation -- most of it from a massive bonus.

Office politics

Snap listed a number of risk factors that that could hurt the company's growth, which is normal in a filing.

* a number of = many : 많은

* a number of + 복수명사 + 복수동사

* the number of : ~의 숫자

* the number of + 복수명사 + 단수동사

But one risk was quirky. It warned that its lack of a designated headquarters may "negatively affect employee morale." Snap is based in Venice, California, but its offices are spread throughout the city, a setup the company said may limit social interaction and oversight of employees.

* morale : 사기, 의욕

* oversight : (잊어버리거나 못 보고 지나쳐서 생긴)실수, 간과

Ad dependency

The vast majority of the company's sales comes from advertising, and Snap saw advertising revenue grow more than sixfold in 2016 compared to 2015.

* vast : (범위, 크기, 양 등이)어마어마한[방대한/막대한]

* -fold : ~배(ex> sixfold : 6배)

But that still wasn't enough to turn a profit -- it lost %515 million last year.

"We have incurred operating losses in the past, expect to incur operating losses in the future, and may never achieve or maintain profitability," the firm warned.

* incur : (좋지 못한 상황을[에])초래하다[처하게 되다]

Value of a Snapchatter

The company made just over $1 per user last year, which was a big improvement compared to 2015 when it made $0.31 per user.

North American users are particularly valuable. They're worth $2.15 per year.

Poop

The company got really personal when it talked about poop in the filing.

Snap said that people tend to "eat, sleep and poop" with their smartphones, which is an asset for advertisers who want constant access to its audience.

The firm said it wants to "serve advertisements that are personal and respectful of context."

Lowe's turns to virtual reality for home improvement

Matt McFarland

March 7, 2017. 9:07 AM ET

link : http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/07/technology/lowes-virtual-reality/index.html

Lowe's is betting virtual reality can help with your latest project around the house.

Lowe's : 로우스 는 미국의 주택 개량/개선 용품 및 기기 소매점 체인 업체이다. 

The home improvement giant is launching a virtual reality experience in one of its stores to give customers hands-on practice with a home improvement project. Lowe's may eventually create more VR tutorials and roll them out to more locations.

*hands-on : (주로 명사 앞에 씀)(말만 하지 않고)직접 해보는

Initially, customers at a Massachusetts store will get a lesson in how to tile a bathroom. A customer will put on a VR headset, be placed in a virtual room, and use an HTC Vive hand controller to simulate mixing mortar and placing tile. Eventually, a broader range of tutorials may be offered in all Lowe's stores. 

*a lesson in : ~을 가르침(give/teach a lesson[lessons] in ~

*HTC Vive : 가상현실 HMD기기와, 이를 개발하는 회사의 명칭(더보기)

*mortar : 모르타르, 회반죽

*broad : (폭이)넓은

*a broader range of ~ : 다양하고 폭넓은

In a trial run, Lowe's found that customers had a 36% better recall of how to complete the project when compared with people who watched a YouTube how-to video.

*recall : 기억해내다, 기억(하는 능력)

Kyle Nel, the director of Lowe's Innovation labs, told CNNTech about the advantages of VR as a teaching medium. He pointed to the tactile, immersive nature of virtual realty as allowing for better learning.

*tactile : 촉각[촉감]의, 촉각을 이용한

*immersive : (컴퓨터 시스템이나 영상이 사용자를)에워싸는 듯한

Nel noted the limitations of offering in-store clinics taught by an employee. Such classes have to be given at set times, which may be inconvenient for customers. The virtual reality experience is available anytime the store is open.

*note : ~에 주목[주의]하다, (중요하거나 흥미로운 것을)언급하다

*in-store : 매장내의

*at the set time : 규정된 시간에

"Virtual reality just happens to be the best way to give people what they want, when they want it," Nel said. "This is meant to be available to the entire country and Canada, not just those on the bleeding, cutting edge of tech."

*be meant to + R : ~하기로 되어있다, ~할 예정이다

The VR experience also lends itself to improvement. Lowe's will monitor customers and see where they may be getting stuck. Improvements in the teaching process can be made. If Lowe's scales the experience to all of its stores, updates to the teaching process could be made overnight.

*lend itself to something : ~에 적합하다

Lowe's trends team has found that millennials are forgoing DIY projects because they lack home improvement confidence and the free time for a project. For Lowe's, virtual reality might be a way to reverse that trend.

*millennials : 밀레니얼 세대(1980~2000년대 사이에 태어난 세대)

*forgo : (하고, 갖고 싶은 것을)포기하다

Trump angry and frustrated at staff over Sessions fallout

Updated 0242 GMT (1042 HKT) March 5, 207

Link : http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/04/politics/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-reince-priebus/

Washington ( CNN ) - President Donald Trump is extremely frustrated with his senior staff and communications team for allowing the firestorm surrounding Attorney General Jeff Sessions to steal his thunder in the wake of his address to Congress, sources tell CNN.

"Nobody has seen him that upset," one source said, adding the feeling was the communications team allowed the Sessions news, which the administration deemed a nonstory, to overtake the narrative.

On Thursday, Sessions recused himself from any current or future investigations into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign after it was reported he had met with the Russian ambassador to the US, something he had previously failed to disclose.

In particular, the renewed focus on Russia is seen as a major letdown after Tuesday when top officials were riding high, congratulating one another on Trump's speech to Congress.

"The staff fumbled," Trump told the team for not being prepared when the Sessions story came out, according to another source.

The President was "hot" and exasperated Thursday night after Sessions' recusal, a source familiar with the situation said, considering it hasty and overkill.

When the President returned to the White House Thursday evening from a day trip to Virginia, there were "a lot of expletives." The source said for more than a week Trump had been lamenting that his senior staff "just keep getting in their own way."

"The President had a fantastic week advancing his agenda to lift u all Americans and keep the nation safe. His joint session speech will go down in history as one of the best." White House spokesman Sean Spicer said in response to CNN's reporting.

The President is showing increasing flashes of anger over the performance of his senior staff and daily developments about Russia overshadowing his message, multiple people inside the White House and outside the administration told CNN.

Trump voiced his frustration to his inner circle in the Oval Office Friday, sources said. He feels attacked by the media, former Obama administration officials and others, and frustrated that things are not going more smoothly. The President expressed his anger at non-stop leaks undermining his administration, the sources said.

One source familiar with the Friday meeting said Trump was angry at senior staff, including chief of staff Reince Priebus, about the state of affairs at the White House this week.

Word had spread through the White House that Priebus had been chewed out but those in the room dispute that.

Priebus declined to comment on the record about the meeting.

One official, who was in the Oval Office, said there was an "animated discussion" about a number of subjects during the meeting -- the forthcoming immigration executive order, health care and Russia developments.

Trump is upset because he doesn't believe he is getting credit he thinks he deserves for his time office so far because of self-inflicted wounds and missteps, the source said. An informed presidential ally outside government but close to the President said Trump was really angry about having a "mini disaster" a week. The President's mood is adding to tremendous pressure inside the West Wing and aides have been seen in tears in recent days at multiple meetings.

With so much on the administration's plate -- leaks, Russia story, pending executive order and Obamacare repeal and replacement -- Priebus said he would not go to Florida with the President this weekend as had been previously planned, a source told CNN. He was on the manifest, and a big donor reception by the Republican National Committee which Priebus used to chair was on Piebus' schedule.

But the President said he thought it wouldn't be a good idea since he is not happy with the state of matters right now, the same source said.

A White House official disputed that Priebus was supposed to travel to Florida, adding that he stayed home this weekend for a family celebration.

White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who initially decided to also stay in Washington Friday, ended up traveling to Florida Saturday and is joining Trump, Sessions, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross at dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

CNN's Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.