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“Jeju Air crash, the most horrific scene among those I have faced”···17.6% of forensic investigators experience ‘PTSD’

One in four deployed personnel are in the ‘high-risk group’ Experience depression·anxiety·alcohol dependence, etc.Inspector A of the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency recalled the scene of the Jeju Air disaster that occurred at Muan International Airport in Jeonnam on December 29 last year, saying, “It was the most horrific among the incident scenes I have faced so far.” A 19-year veteran forensic investigator, he was deployed to the disaster site to identify the victims. Most of the rema...

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Hyundai Motor names first female president … ICT head Jin Eun-suk promoted to president

Hyundai Motor has named its first female president.On the 24th, Hyundai Motor Group announced appointments of CEOs·presidents in the SW·IT divisions and said it has promoted Vice President Jin Eun-suk, who leads ICT, to president.Jin is the first female president at Hyundai Motor. In March, she was also appointed as the first female inside director at the company.A former NHN managing director, she joined Hyundai Motor in 2022 as head of the ICT Division and has led group IT strategy, ...

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Vietnam Communist Party approves retention of ‘No. 1 in the power hierarchy’ General Secretary To Lam···Power concentrates in the hands of the ‘public security hardliner’ who suppressed civic movements

Reports said the Communist Party of Vietnam has approved a five-year extension for ‘No. 1 in the power hierarchy’, General Secretary To Lam. His reappointment as a ‘public security hardliner’ is expected to be finalized at the National Party Congress in January next year.According to AFP and other outlets on the 24th local time, on the 22∼23 the Communist Party of Vietnam held the 15th Central Committee plenary session to select candidates to lead the top state leadership for the next ...

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Won-dollar exchange rate, which had been nearing 1,485 won, retreats to 1,460 won after intervention by the foreign exchange authorities

The won-dollar exchange rate, which had been nearing 1,485 won and threatening to surpass the year-to-date high, fell by more than 20 won to 1,460 won on the 24th after the foreign exchange authorities launched strong verbal intervention.As of 9:46 a.m. in the Seoul foreign exchange market, the won-dollar rate was trading at 1,460.35 per dollar, down 23.25 won from the previous session. It even fell to as low as 1,458.6 during the session. Compared with the opening price (1,484.9), it droppe...

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⑦ “I want to become a ‘visible’ senior so they can surpass me” … Football referee Kim Yu-jeong [Flat]

Girls grow up watching their older sisters. Here are women who have become seniors. Flat shares the work and career stories of [Women, Older Sisters, Seniors] who serve as milestones and pillars in their fields.“I want to become a ‘visible’ senior who has gone to the World Cup and the Olympics. Rather than making juniors pioneer everything, I want to make it smoother so they can go further than I did.”Football referee Kim Yu-jeong (36) had an exceptionally busy year. She spent as many as 2...

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Yangpyeong County official “Kim Seon-Gyo ordered, ‘Help the Kim Geon-Hee family business’”···Special counsel secures testimony indicating preferential treatment

The team of Special Counsel Min Jung-Gi, which is investigating allegations of preferential treatment in the development of the Gongheung District in Yangpyeong tied to First Lady Kim Geon-Hee’s family, has secured testimony from a then Yangpyeong County Office official that there was involvement by People Power Party lawmaker Kim Seon-Gyo in the family being exempted from the development charge. At that time, Kim was the Yangpyeong County governor. The special counsel also confirmed indicat...

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Six rounds of measures in a month to no avail···“Instead of scrambling to defend 1,500 won, put the emphasis on moderating the pace”[High exchange-rate warning]

Six sets of measures. That is the number of meetings held and measures announced by the foreign-exchange authorities over the past month to stabilize the currency market. Including unofficial working-level check meetings not announced publicly, the actual number appears to be far higher.As the won-dollar rate has approached the 1,500-won range, threatening a psychological red line, the authorities have rolled out measure after measure, but they have not in fact stopped the climb. Some even...

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“Assets held by 60,000 of the world’s ‘top 0.001% super-rich’ are three times those of the bottom 50%”

The third edition of the ‘World Inequality Report’, a milestone in the global debate on inequality, was recently released. The report states that among the world population (adults), the top 0.001% by wealth (about 56,000 people) hold three times as much wealth as the bottom 50% (2.8 billion people). The share of net wealth owned by the top 0.001% was 4% of the world total thirty years ago but has risen to 6% this year. In the foreword to the report, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz of Columbi...

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Low growth, overseas investment, and every factor lifted the exchange rate… next year the rate is expected to be ‘high in the first half, low in the second’ [High exchange rate warning]

The won-dollar exchange rate, which is threatening the ‘1,500 won’ line, is raising concerns that it could become a risk factor for the Korean economy next year. In addition to structural factors such as low growth, a decline in potential growth, and the Korea-US interest rate gap, an imbalance in dollar supply and demand driven by expanded overseas stock and US-bound investment is overlapping, increasing the likelihood that the rate will remain elevated. Market views suggest the rate will c...

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As expected, the year-end gift is a ‘Santa rally’?···With gold·Samsung Electronics both hitting fresh record highs, investor sentiment is ‘buzzing’

‘Gold’ and ‘Samsung Electronics’ shares have shaken off their slump and together set new ‘all-time highs’. As U.S. rate cuts and the like have loosened liquidity, stocks enjoyed a ‘Santa rally’, while ‘geopolitical uncertainty’ stoked demand for gold. Gold and semiconductors, which led the retail-investor frenzy, are rising in tandem and stoking risk appetite, but some caution that prices could plunge at any time.On the 22nd (local time), according to Bloomberg, spot gold jumped more than ...

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