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Push for ‘gukjang 24-hour opening’ by the end of next year···“Even if restaurant hours are extended, people will not go if the food is bad; the appeal of the gukjang also needs to be raised”

#A student studying abroad in the United States, Mr. A, has invested only in the mijang (U.S. stock market) despite KOSPI strength. This is because the time difference is the opposite of the hours when the domestic market opens. Mr. B, who works night shifts at a convenience store, gave up investing in the ‘gukjang (domestic stock market)’ because he sleeps during the day and works at night. As early as 2028, both overseas students and night-shift workers will be able to take part in the ‘gukj...

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Korea Fair Trade Commission begins sanction action with a fine in the $15,000,000 range (20,000,000,000 KRW) against Taekwang Group for steering $120,000,000 (160,000,000,000 KRW) in contracts to companies owned by former chairman Lee Ho-jin’s nephew and

The Korea Fair Trade Commission has begun sanction proceedings against Taekwang Group on suspicion of unfairly channeling $120,000,000 (160,000,000,000 KRW) worth of work to companies owned by former chairman Lee Ho-jin’s nephew and sister-in-law. The KFTC plans to impose a fine in the $15,000,000 range (20,000,000,000 KRW) on Taekwang affiliates and to file a criminal complaint against Lee as well.According to Kyunghyang Shinmun reporting on the 14th, the KFTC sent Taekwang a review repo...

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Live-streaming subordinate agency work briefings on YouTube as well… “We may end up holding meetings twice, one for public disclosure and one for internal use”

Ministers in the Lee Jae-myung administration have recently been racing to live-stream subordinate agency work briefings on YouTube. After the President live-streamed ministry work briefings, the practice has extended to subordinate agencies. Some are also considering live-streaming meetings inside their ministries. In government circles, some voices warn that at this rate, “we may end up conducting separate briefings, one for live broadcast and one for internal use.”On the 14th, the Ministr...

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Yoon Suk Yeol final statement “It was not an investigation but fabrication and distortion to manufacture an insurrection narrative”

At the sentencing hearing for the insurrection-leader case held on the 13th under the Criminal Agreement Division 25 of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Ji Gui-Yeon), former President Yoon Suk Yeol faced a demand for the death penalty. Through his final statement, Yoon countered that the investigation into him was “not an investigation but fabrication and distortion conducted with the goal of manufacturing an insurrection narrative.”Below is the full text of the final statem...

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In a nerve-racking cooking hell, ‘simple’ carrot noodles and carrot jeon··· “Showing easy and delicious cooking was enough”

Anyone who watched the final episode of the Netflix variety show <Black-and-White Chef: Culinary Class War Season 2> (Black-and-White Chef 2), released on the 13th, would likely be curious about Venerable Seonjae’s soybean-paste bibimbap. By luck, I know that taste a little. Ten years ago, when I visited the venerable’s lab with Chef Kwon Woo-jung of the Michelin two-star restaurant Kwon Sook Soo, the venerable served soybean paste pan-fried with pumpkin, barley rice, and kimchi made w...

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Internet cut and machine guns against protesters… What is happening in Iran?

More than two weeks of anti government protests in Iran have left at least hundreds dead. Some estimates suggest the death toll could be in the thousands. The mood is unusually tense. Iran has seen multiple rounds of anti government protests before, but this time there is talk that the regime could truly be overturned. How did this protest wave, described as the gravest crisis in the 47 years of the Iranian theocratic system, come about?Point (facts): internet cut and indiscriminate fire...

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Kim Yo Jong “Improving inter-Korean relations is a hope-inflated daydream… an apology is due for the provocation”

Kim Yo Jong, deputy department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, said on the 13th, in response to the South Korean government’s outlook for easing inter-Korean tensions, that “no matter how fanciful the pipe dream, the reality of inter-Korean relations does not change.”In a statement released that day through the Korean Central News Agency, she took issue with the Ministry of Unification’s assessment of North Korea’s earlier statement as having ‘left room for ...

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Special Counsel seeks the death penalty for Yoon Suk-yeol in closing argument “For a defendant who shows no remorse, there is nothing but the death penalty”

On the 13th, at the sentencing hearing for the insurrection ringleader case of former President Yoon Suk-yeol held before the 25th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Ji Gui-yeon), the team of Special Prosecutor Cho Eun-seok sought the death penalty for former President Yoon.Below is the full text of the special counsel team closing argument seeking the death penalty for former President Yoon.“Causing public conflict and division through insurrection” “W...

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“The Earth still moves,” says the defense; “Minister, you are cute,” says a spectator···unrepentant apologists for insurrection

The special prosecutor team for the insurrection case, led by Cho Eun-seok, on the 13th sought the maximum penalty under the law, death, for former President Yoon Suk-yeol on the charge of being the ringleader of insurrection, bringing proceedings that had continued for nearly a year to their final stage. Although the unlawful December 3 declaration of martial law had nationwide repercussions, it was hard to find a solemn atmosphere of reflection or remorse among the defense who appeared in ...

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Japanese media “Takaichi is considering dissolving the House of Representatives on the 23rd and holding a general election on February 8”

Japanese media reported that Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae is reviewing a plan to dissolve the House of Representatives (Lower House) at the regular Diet session starting on the 23rd.Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 14th that if Takaichi dissolves the House of Representatives on the 23rd, a timetable under consideration would have an official announcement on the 27th of the same month and voting for the general election on February 8. Asahi Shimbun reported the same day that on the evening of...

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