Thursday, July 30th - Talks Stall over compensation for Samsung workers who developed incurable diseases, South Korea's faulty K-11 rifle will get a major upgrade, and your Korean zip code is about to change. Subscribe to Korean News Update through the Itunes Store or Android podcasting applications. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, visit KoreaFM.net.

Wednesday, July 29 - Police have arrested nearly 40 South Korean nationals in China for phone scams, South Korean business women face a glass ceiling, and Korean investment in start-ups is up 40%. Subscribe to Korean News Update through the Itunes Store or Android podcasting applications. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, visit KoreaFM.net.

U.S. lawmakers have introduced a resolution calling for a formal end to the Korean War, the second application for a migrant workers’ union in South Korea has been denied, and Korea's per capita income could top $40,000 by 2023. Subscribe to Korean News Update through the Itunes Store or Android podcasting applications. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, visit KoreaFM.net.

"This Week Korea" is an anything goes panel discussion program featuring the opinions of expats and Korean nationals on some of the biggest yet often underreported stories from the last week. On today's show, Seoul-based Irish journalist John Power, NSFW 'Korea Underground Podcast' host Stephen Leavy, HUFS PhD student Matthew Hinshaw, and American radio journalist Chance Dorland discuss 1) the surge in driving-related Korean fatalities 2) Kpop singer sentenced to 18 months in prison for smoking marijuana and 3) Donald Trump says Korea is a freeloader for not paying for its defense.

"This Week Korea" is an original program produced by KoreaFM.net, an online radio station that features independent musicians and podcasters from the Korean peninsula. The music for today's program is provided by Korea FM artist "Dead Buttons" - https://www.facebook.com/Deadbuttons

Unemployment for young Koreans in their 20s has hit a record high, North Korea's economic conditions appear to be improving, and no additional MERS cases have been reported in South Korea for 21 consecutive days. Subscribe to Korean News Update through the Itunes Store or Android podcasting applications. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, visit KoreaFM.net.

A Seoul court says South Korea not responsible for defectors repatriated to the North from China, the Korean National Assembly has removed the statute of limitations for murders, and police have arrested a South Korean man for threatening to kill the US Ambassador to Korea. Subscribe to Korean News Update through the Itunes Store or Android podcasting applications. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, visit KoreaFM.net.

Personal data and medical records for over 43 million Koreans citizens have been leaked, the amount of people killed on South Korean roads surged last month, and US presidential candidate Donald Trump says South Korea is free-riding on the U.S. military. Subscribe to Korean News Update through the Itunes Store or Android podcasting applications. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, visit KoreaFM.net.

South Korea has announced the construction of two new nuclear reactors, after a losing a legal battle a Korean PGA Tour golfer says he’ll join the military, and a K-pop Singer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for smoking marijuana… three times. Subscribe to Korean News Update through the Itunes Store or Android podcasting applications. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, visit KoreaFM.net.

North Korea has erected a long-range missile launch pad, a Seoul Court has upheld the expulsion of law student for adultery, and Samsung has widened its lead over Apple in second quarter market share. Subscribe to Korean News Update through the Itunes Store or Android podcasting applications. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, visit KoreaFM.net.

A Seoul police officer has been found dead in an apparent suicide, the South Korean won has hit a 2-year low against the dollar, and thousands of foreign visitors have canceled their trips to Seoul due to MERS. Subscribe to Korean News Update through the Itunes Store or Android podcasting applications. For more news, talk radio & independent music from Korean peninsula, visit KoreaFM.net.