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Regarding the report on the 20th that North Korea is attempting to attract Chinese companies’ investment or work in the Kaesong Industrial Complex, it said, “We have related information and are checking with related agencies.” After the Kaesong Industrial Complex was closed, suspicions that North Korea was operating facilities on our side without permission had been constantly raised, and the government issued several warnings about this, but North Korea was ignoring this and was using facilities and vehicles without permission. On the 6th, an attempt was made to send a notice to North Korea through the Ministry of Unification to “stop the unauthorized use of Kaesong Industrial Complex assets”, but North Korea refused to accept the notice, and on the 7th, the very next day, communication was made through inter-Korean communication lines and military communication lines. was unilaterally cut off.
The U.S. State Department pointed out on the 21st that North Korea was caught trying to attract investment or work for the Kaesong Industrial Complex from Chinese companies, and that if China were involved in this, it would be a “clear violation of a number of UN Security Council resolutions.” I did.
At a press conference held in Paris, France on the 22nd, Song Young-gil, former representative of the Democratic Party, responded to the suspicion that money envelopes were exchanged during the 2021 National Convention. I will confidently respond to the prosecution’s investigation as one of the people, not as a member of the National Assembly, regional chairperson, or party member.” Regarding his return schedule, he said he would return home via Incheon Airport on the 24th at 3:00 pm.
When Russia objected to President Yoon Seok-yeol’s first indication of the possibility of arms support for the war in Ukraine, calling it “intervention in the war,” the president’s office said on the 20th that “what we do depends on Russia.” It is evaluated that the Yoon Seok-yeol government has stepped up to the diplomatic test of stably managing Korea-Russia relations while strengthening cooperation on the war between the United States and Ukraine ahead of the Korea-US summit.
In a phone call with The Dong-A Ilbo, a high-ranking government official emphasized, “President Yoon’s remarks did not come without a plan,” and “actually, the government expressed its will to become more involved in the Ukrainian issue.” Russia raised the level of threat by openly attracting North Korea when it became known that the possibility of South Korea’s arms support for Ukraine was known. Russia’s Foreign Ministry argued that day that “if South Korea provides weapons to Ukraine, it could also affect Russia’s position on the situation around the Korean Peninsula.” Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian National Security Council, threatened the day before, “I wonder what South Korea will say if they see Russia’s latest weapons in the hands of their closest neighbor, North Korea.” It is pressuring South Korea, saying that it can even take out a high-tech weapons support card for North Korea. It is known that in the middle of next month, Ukrainian President Olena Zelenska will visit Korea.
zoom inThe Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North Korean Workers’ Party, reported on the 19th that General Secretary Kim Jong-un had given field guidance to the National Space Development Agency on the 18th. Kim Joo-ae, daughter of General Secretary Kim, accompanied him to the scene. The newspaper reported that Secretary General Kim said, “Form an emergency satellite launch preparation committee and speed up the final preparations so that the military reconnaissance satellite Unit 1, which has been manufactured as of April, can be launched within the scheduled time.” Photo = Labor Newspaper News 1
zoom inWorkers’ solidarity officials are shouting slogans at the ‘Rally against the Yoon Seok-yeol government’s military aid to Ukraine’ held near Jonggak Station on Line 1 in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 22nd. On this day, participants argued, “President Yoon Seok-yeol mentioned the possibility of military aid to Ukraine in an interview with foreign media. Photo = News 1
“I was scammed. I hope this never happens again.” – From the suicide note
A victim of charter fraud by Mr. Nam (61), the so-called ‘Michuhol-gu Architecture King’, who owns 2,700 houses in the metropolitan area, was found dead in the early morning of the 17th. This is the third time since the end of February and the 14th of this month that young people in their 20s and 30s who were scammed by the ‘architectural king’ made an extreme choice. Reports of charter fraud damages have been reported all over the country, including Michuhol-gu, Incheon, Dongtan, Hwaseong, Busan, Guri, Gyeonggi, and Daejeon.
The power of the government and the people held a party-government council related to the eradication of charter fraud and damage support at the National Assembly on the 20th, and when the house where the victim of charter fraud lived goes to auction, the victim is given the right to buy first and the plan to support the auction fund is promoted. I did it with On that day, the National Countermeasures Committee for Victims of Charter Fraud and Canned Charter Rentals held a press conference in front of the Presidential Office in Yongsan, Seoul, and protested, saying, “It is a one-sided measure that is very ineffective to show.” This is because if you win a bid for a house you used to live in, in a situation where you have already taken out a deposit and have to repay the existing leasehold loan, you will have to take out an additional loan, which increases the burden. The Dong-A Ilbo checked the National Assembly’s agenda information system on the 18th and found that 17 out of 27 bills related to charter fraud that had been proposed to the National Assembly since September of last year were pending in the standing committee.
On the morning of the 15th, a 24-year-old man threw a homemade explosive at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who was about to campaign in the fishing village of Saikazaki, southern Osaka. A bodyguard pushed the object away, and the suspect was overpowered by a nearby citizen before being arrested by the police. The explosive hit the ground and detonated 52 seconds later, but Prime Minister Kishida had fled the scene before that. It has been nine months since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed by a priest during a campaign in July of last year. On the 21st, Prime Minister Kishida made an offering in his own name to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which houses the shrines of 2.46 million people, including 14 A-class war criminals of World War II and soldiers who died in various Japanese aggression wars.
On the 17th, Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon of Sarangjeil Church, who tends to the extreme right, held a press conference at a church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, and demanded that the nomination rights for next year’s general election be eliminated and party member-centered candidates be selected for the people’s strength. He, not a member of the People’s Power Party, set out to exert influence on nominations for the general election by joining the believers who follow him to the People’s Power. People’s Power CEO Kim Ki-hyun immediately told Pastor Jeon, “Close that mouth immediately.” A member of the leadership of the ruling party said, “It is a common perception of the leadership to draw a line with the image of the far right,” and said, “Of all party members, there are only about 800 people related to the former pastor.”
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