Korea24 – 2022.06.30. (Thursday)
News Briefing: The leaders of South Korea, the US and Japan agreed to strengthen cooperation against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, in the first trilateral summit of its kind in almost 5 years. (KOO Hee-jin)
In-Depth News Analysis (Korean Politics Digest): This week, we look at the controversial move by the main opposition Democratic Party to unilaterally reopen parliament, which has sat idle for a month. We will also discuss the three-month suspension of former president Lee Myung-bak’s prison sentence due to health reasons, sparking speculation that a presidential pardon is coming down the line. Affiliate Professor Kim Byoung-joo from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Law Professor Cho Hee-kyung from Hongik University joins us on the line.
Korea Trending with Jenny Suh:
A follow-up survey of women who said that they planned to have children within 2 years has found that 7 out of 10 have not done so. ("2년 이내 출산 계획 여성, 10명 중 7명은 아이 안 낳아")
In the first case of its kind, employees at a company in charge of repairing e-scooters have been sent to the prosecution on charges related to an accident in March. (공유 킥보드 고장 알고도 수리 안한 업체 검찰 송치)
Passersby at an intersection in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, have been praised for helping clear up a road after a truck spilled thousands of beer bottles on it. (맥주 2천 병 도로 '와르르'…절망한 차주 앞 나타난 이들)
Explore Korea: Allison Needels from the Korean travel and history website Pinpoint Korea join us on the line to introduce some of the nation’s weird and wonderful museums, including one about kimchi (Museum Kimchikan 뮤지엄김치간), the history of straw (Museum of Korean Straw and Life 짚풀생활사박물관) and toilets! (Mr. Toilet House 해우재)
Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin:
Tomorrow’s Korea Times features an interview by Kwak Yeon-su with Eiji Han Shimizu, the director of an animated film called “True North”, about a child in a North Korean prison camp.
In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Park Ga-young files a story on Kim Dae-jin, the president of the Korea National University of Arts and his first ten months on the job.