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[Issue] Korea's coffee market and why industry is aiming at premium coffee market According to Korea Customs Service, Korea imported 54,000 tons of coffee in the first five months of this year, up 10.2% from 49,000 tons a year earlier. Korea's coffee market is growing day by day, with the country being ranked as the world's seventh largest coffee importer. A Korean adult drinks 300 cups of coffee a year. As a result, the coffee industry is adopting a new strategy of targeting the high-end coffee market. We will find out the current state of Korea's coffee market and why the industry is targeting the premium coffee market. [Interview] Korea's economic performance in 1H and forecasts for 2H Interviewee: Professor LEE Doo-won, School of Economics, Yonsei University Korea's economic recovery stalled in the first half of this year amid sluggish economic conditions at home and abroad. But according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the country's exports hit a record high at US$283.6 billion in the first six months of 2014, up 2.6% from a year earlier. Why is the economic sentiment, including how people feel about consumer price and employment, deteriorating despite a moderate recovery in economic indicators? Bizline will wrap up how Korea's economy has performed in the first half and forecast the second half outlook of the economy which will be led by the second economic team of the Park Geun-hye administration. [Science&Technology] Present and future of ammonia-fueled vehicles With the global warming problem becoming more serious, futuristic environment-friendly vehicles are coming under the spotlight. Among them is Am Veh, an ammonia-fueled vehicle developed and unveiled last year by Korea Institute of Energy Research. The institute reformed an existing vehicle to create the new car which runs on a 7:3 fuel mixture of ammonia and gasoline. The institute says this fuel mixture reduces carbon dioxide emissions as much as the proportion of ammonia. The institute is targeting to develop a vehicle that can run on pure ammonia in 3-4 years. We will examine the present and future of ammonia-fueled vehicles. [ICT] ICT services for disabled people Daily routine activities such as withdrawing money from banks or reading books that we normally enjoy could be a difficult task for some people. But the adoption of information and communications technology to help the disabled people is warming the society. From reading books, explaining art works, providing remote video management services based on smartphones to video banking services, we will introduce you to the ICT services that become the eyes and ears of the disabled. [Zoom in North Korea] Pyongyang's motive behind dispatching a cheering squad to South Korea North Korea has announced to dispatch a cheering squad to the upcoming Asian Games to be held in South Korea's Incheon in September. The North's cheering squad is well-known for its beautiful women. The cheering squad had also made a headline in 2005 when it was dispatched to the Asian track and field championships held in Incheon as Kim Jong-un's wife Ri Sol-ju visited South Korea as part of the cheering squad. With situations in Northeast Asia rapidly changing on Chinese President Xi Jinping's latest visit to Seoul, what is the motive behind North Korea in making a state announcement to send the cheering squad to the South?