每日英語跟讀 Ep.925: About SKorea - How major South Korean airlines made profits during pandemic 南韓主要航空公司求取利潤與怕病毒的洗錢

South Korea’s flag carriers Korean Air and Asian Airlines surprised the market last week by posting an operating profit in the second quarter, while major airlines across the world suffered heavy losses due to the pandemic.

南韓的載旗航空公司「大韓航空」和「韓亞航空」上週公布第2季出現營業利潤，出乎市場意料。與此同時，世界各地主要航空公司則因全球大流行疾病而蒙受嚴重虧損。

Korean Air reported an operating profit of 148.5 billion won while Asiana saw its figure top 100 billion won, both owing to their robust cargo businesses.

韓航報告營業利潤為1485億韓元，韓亞航則超過1000億韓元，均歸功於它們強勁的貨運業務。

"The performance of both airlines is commendable as they responded quickly. I was skeptical when I first heard Korean Air’s decision to deploy passenger jets for their cargo service. It looks like it’s worked while other airlines didn’t consider the option," said Hurr Hee-young, a professor at Korea Aerospace University.

「韓國航空大學」教授許喜寧說，「這兩家航空公司的表現，都值得稱許，因為它們反應很快。當我一開始聽到韓航運用客機從事貨運服務時，我抱持懷疑態度。看來這奏效了，而其他航空公司並未考慮到這個選項」。

S. Korean tries washing money over virus fears, suffers loss 損失慘重 害怕病毒的南韓民眾「洗錢」

Money laundering is not a good idea, as a South Korean found out when he or she put banknotes in a washing machine to remove possible traces of the coronavirus.

當一名南韓民眾將鈔票放入洗衣機，想洗掉可能殘留的冠狀病毒時，他／她發現「洗錢」不是個好辦法。

The person living in Ansan city, and only identified by family name Eom, placed an unspecified amount of 50,000-won bills in a washing machine.

這位住在安山市、僅知姓嚴的民眾，將不知數量的5萬韓元鈔票放入洗衣機。

Under bank rules on the exchange of damaged, mutilated and contaminated banknotes, the person was provided with the new currency totaling about 23 million won.

根據銀行的毀損、殘破及受污鈔票交換規定，該名民眾獲得總值約2300萬韓元（約62萬台幣）新鈔。

Bank official said the number of 50,000-won bills the bank exchanged at half value was 507. The bank doesn’t count the number of bills that it cannot exchange because damage is too big. It was said the loss was considerable.

銀行官員說，銀行以半價交換的5萬韓元鈔票有507張，但並未數算無法交換的鈔票數量，因為損壞太嚴重。據說，損失很可觀。

Source article: https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1394327 ; https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1393426