B1 German News | Why Are Secondhand Books Selling in Bulk?

Learn German through today’s real news. Natural-pace German at B1, with a full transcript and English translation.
In this episode: Booksellers are seeing strange bulk orders, and many suspect the books are being used to train AI and then destroyed. Also: South Korea's president предлагает talks to officially end the long-frozen war with North Korea.
Heute: Secondhand-Bücher gehen plötzlich weg · Südkorea will den Krieg beenden.
Today’s German focus: hat vorgeschlagen = has proposed. Vocabulary: der Waffenstillstand (armistice), die Grenze (border), die Spannungen (tensions).
Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: linguawire.com/episodes/german-b1-2026-08-16
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