Summary:
- Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, is set to appear at a warrant review at the Seoul Central District Court, causing conflict within the party.
- Non-affiliated lawmakers oppose efforts to identify voting factions, leading to internal division within the Democratic Party.
- The warrant review for Lee Jae-myung's arrest is expected to determine the party's future direction.
- The prosecution is preparing to emphasize the risk of evidence destruction in their case against Lee.
- Kim Haeng, a candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, faces controversy over stock transactions.
- There are suspicions of manipulation of statistics related to the minimum wage increase during the previous administration.
- Choi Yun-jong is on trial for a sexual assault case, with questions surrounding the determination of intentionality.
- Invasive species of termites have been discovered in Changwon, raising concerns about property damage.
- Saemaeul Geumgo and commercial banks are competing to attract customers by offering high-interest rates on savings products.
- The government is offering subsidies to lower electric vehicle prices, but the response from consumers is lukewarm.
- Japanese scallops face oversupply due to China's ban on Japanese seafood imports, leading to creative solutions like providing them as free school lunches.
- Controversy surrounds the second discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
1. Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, will appear at a warrant review at the Seoul Central District Court tomorrow morning.
2. Lee Jae-myung has recovered to the point where he can move to the bathroom and other areas and is willing to walk out. He can use a wheelchair.
3. The Democratic Party is experiencing deepening conflict due to this incident.
4. The party leadership has predicted disciplinary action, calling the act of casting the vote an act of violence.
5. The prosecution has prepared more than 1,500 types of opinions and plans to explain the need for detention by demonstrating the Daekyo side's presentation materials in court.
6. The prosecution is concerned about the possibility of Representative Lee destroying evidence.
7. The prosecution has stated in the arrest warrant request that CEO Lee instigated perjury by demanding false testimony from a witness in his trial for impersonating a prosecutor.
8. Representative Lee's side is also making an all-out effort, including a defense lawyer who was a judge who was acquitted when Representative Lee was indicted for violating the Public Official Election Act in 2018.
9. The results are expected to come out as early as late tomorrow night or early morning the day after tomorrow.
10. There are speculations that a total of 10 cases of arrest have been approved in the National Assembly so far, and arrest warrants have been issued for 8 of them.
11. An invasive species of termites, which gnaws at trees and causes enormous property damage in the United States every year, was discovered in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do.
12. The termites discovered in Gangnam, Seoul last May are known to live only in trust, but Changwon termites do not discriminate between indoors and outdoors.
13. The Ministry of Citizenship and Environment plans to disclose the details immediately after confirming the results of the investigation and urge residents to actively report them.
14. People flocked from the morning on the news that a Saemaeul Geumgo in Seoul was judging an 8.8% annual savings product today.
15. The government has come up with measures to lower the prices of electric vehicles, they will pay up to 1 million won more in government subsidies until the end of the year.
16. The expansion of the government subsidy only applies to electric passenger cars with a base price of less than 57 million won.
17. China banned the import of Japanese seafood after the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japanese scallops, which China had been buying in particular, are piling up in warehouses.
18. As sales channels are blocked by a complete ban on the import of Japanese seafood, they are taking measures to defend themselves domestically.
19. The Japanese government said that as a result of monitoring the discharge for a month, the impact of the discharged contaminated water on the human body and the environment is negligible, and that China's embargo is in place.
20. The second discharge of contaminated water will begin early next month.