Korea24 – 2022.11.29 (Tuesday)

News Briefing: President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a government order forcing striking truckers in the cement sector to return to work as a union-backed walkout entered its sixth day. (Eunice KIM)

News Briefing 2: South Korea is now on the cusp of elimination from the 2022 Qatar World Cup after suffering a 3-2 defeat against Ghana on Monday. Paul Williams, founding editor of the Asian Game, joins us on the line to discuss the performance and Korea’s chances of making the Round of 16.

In-Depth News Analysis: In its global economic outlook released last week, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) lowered its growth outlook for South Korea for next year, from from 2.2% in September to 1.8%, citing uncertainties in the global economy. Economist Hwang Hyun-jeong from the OECD Economics Department joins us on the line to take a closer look at how South Korea's economy is expected to fare next year and more.

Korea Trending with Diane Yoo:
1. South Korea has extradited a 42-year-old woman to New Zealand in a case related to two children found dead in abandoned suitcases. (법무부, '가방 시신' 여성 뉴질랜드 송환)
2. Singer and actor Yoo Seon-ho has been announced as the newest and youngest member of KBS’s hit reality-variety show “2 Days & 1 Night”. (유선호, '1박 2일' 새 막내로..25일 첫 촬영)
3. The world’s largest active volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years. (세계 최대 하와이 활화산 38년 만에 분화‥정상부 용암 분출)

Touch Base In Seoul: Following her rookie year in the WNBA playing for the Los Angeles Sparks, guard Kianna Smith signed with the Yongin Samsung Life Blueminx of the WKBL in September, which meant that she would be coming to play in her mother’s birth country. She joins us via video to tell us about her decision to come to Korea, her experience in the league so far, and her dreams to represent South Korea.

Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin:
- In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Choi Jae-hee writes about Karin Jensen, a Korean adoptee in Sweden, who was able to find her birth mother after 46 years.