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Sangnoksu to be liquidated… 110,000 borrowers freed from the ‘shackles of debt’ for the first time in 23 years since the credit card crisis

Sangnoksu Jeilcha Asset-Backed Securitization Specialty Limited Company (Sangnoksu), a private company that handles non-performing loans, has decided to sell in bulk all long-term delinquent receivables it has held so far to the Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO). The Financial Services Commission said it will conduct a full survey of companies that hold long-term delinquent receivables. The move came less than a day after a Kyunghyang Shinmun report brought to light the issue of long-...

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“Put Russian military uniforms on Ukrainian children”…EU sanctions ‘forced Russification’

On the 11th (local time), the European Union (EU) moved to impose additional sanctions on Russian individuals and institutions involved in the forced transfer of Ukrainian children and in policies of Russification. The EU criticized Russia for conducting organized ideological indoctrination and military training targeting children in occupied areas in an attempt to erase Ukrainian identity.EU “Russia forcibly relocated and deported more than 20,000 Ukrainian children···a war crime”The EU s...

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‘Physically Disabled’ Director Kim Man-ri Did Not Run Away but ‘A Body Faced Head-On’ [Flat]

I chose not to run away from being a person with a physical disability. When many emotions came into me, I could not run away and rest; that inability became an advantage of being a person with a severe disability, because I could absorb those emotions through my own subjectivity and keep thinking them through. As a result, TAIHEN's physical expression emerged.This is how Artistic Director Kim Man-ri (73·photo), a second-generation Zainichi Korean and a person with a severe disability, ...

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38% of child and adolescent sex-crime victims “met perpetrators online, including via chat apps”

Four out of ten victims of sex crimes against children and adolescents were harmed by people they had come to know through internet chats and similar means. The average age of victims was 13.9, and that of perpetrators was 33.2. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family will begin full-scale operation this year of an AI-based proactive response system for the online sexual exploitation of children and adolescents.On the 12th, the ministry announced this as it released the results of the ‘An...

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KOSPI plunges at the threshold of ‘8,000p’… volatility amplified amid forecasts of ‘10,000p’

On the 12th, the KOSPI index fell by more than 2% from the previous session. Early in the session it rose close to the 8,000 mark, then at one point plunged more than 5% from the prior close, riding a roller coaster. The moves are seen as driven by growing concerns about an overheated stock market and a surge in profit-taking. The ‘Korean-style fear index’ hit its highest level in just over two months since the U.S.-Iran war.According to the Korea Exchange, the KOSPI opened at 7,953.41, up 1...

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Israel, ‘Eurovision’ vote-meddling allegations···used as a ‘tool for public-opinion warfare’ after the Gaza war

Evidence has emerged that the Israeli government systematically intervened in the ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ (Eurovision), the largest music festival in Europe, to boost the vote share for its entrant. As anti-Israel sentiment spread after the Gaza war, it appears to have used Eurovision as a propaganda tool to repair its national image.The New York Times reported on the 11th (local time), based on internal Eurovision documents, confidential voting data, and interviews with more than 50 peopl...

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Kim Yong-beom “Excess tax revenue from the ‘fruits’ of the AI era should be returned to the public”…proposes a National Dividend Program

On the 12th, Presidential Policy Chief Kim Yong-beom said, “The fruits of the AI (artificial intelligence) infrastructure era are not solely the result of particular companies,” and proposed a National Dividend Program to return a portion of excess tax revenue to the public. The proposal draws attention as it comes at a time when, prompted by the Samsung Electronics union strike, social debate is intensifying over where to prioritize semiconductor companies’ excess profits among reinvestment, ...

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‘Predatory finance’ report prompts immediate ‘sale’ of long-term delinquent receivables by Shinhan Card·Hana Bank···Financial authorities that had ignored Sangroksu also scramble

Financial firms that invested in the private nonperforming loan workout company ‘Sangroksu’ announced en masse, immediately after a Kyunghyang Shinmun report flagged the problem of holding long-term delinquent receivables, that they would sell them to the New Leap Fund of Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO). These firms, which had been reluctant to sell receivables, reversed their stance in just one day.The financial authorities also said they convened all nine Sangroksu shareholders,...

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KDI “Semiconductor strength is driving an economic recovery”···The Middle East war remains a variable

Buoyed by a surge in semiconductor exports and improvements in services, the economy has entered a recovery phase, according to the Korea Development Institute (KDI). However, it warned that downside risks remain as the Middle East war continues.KDI stated in the ‘Economic Trends May issue’ on the 12th that “the economy has recently shown a recovery trend as semiconductor exports increase sharply and the service sector also improves.” Since last November, KDI had described conditions as a ‘g...

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NongHyup holds the ‘Nongsim Cheonsim’ National Participation Corps inauguration ceremony··· more than 600 volunteers take part

To bring new hope and vitality to rural communities, the NongHyup Central Federation held the ‘Nongsim Cheonsim National Participation Corps Inauguration Ceremony’ on the 12th. ​Held at NongHyup Anseong Farmland in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, the ceremony drew more than 600 participants, including university students from across the country and volunteer groups of NongHyup executives and employees.The ‘Nongsim Cheonsim National Participation Corps’ is a participatory win-win model in...

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