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[News FM Lee Ik-seon Choi Soo-young Issue & People]
□ Broadcast Date: 4 October 2024 (Fri)
□ Host: Lee Ik-seon, Choi Soo-young
□ Cast: Announcer Lee Hyun-woong

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◇ Lee Ik-seon: Let's open the second part with Aung Da-woong News. Announcer Lee Hyunwoong, who will be with us today as well, is here. Hello~

◈ Hello!

◇ Lee Ik-seon: First news. The official election campaign for the re- and by-elections on October 16th has begun?

◈ [Lee Hyun-woong] Yes, that's right. On October 16, the election of the superintendent of education of Seoul will be held with four heads of local governments. Although it is a small "mini-election," it will be the first election since the last general election and after the election of a new leadership. The official election campaign period began yesterday ahead of the election. Each party is expected to wage an all-out war by the 15th, the day before the election. However, it is the second day of the election campaign, and watching the progress since yesterday, there are concerns that policy debates will disappear again and only political disputes and personal attacks will be rampant.

◆ Choi Soo-young: It's because each party's representatives are at the forefront of the campaign, right?

◈ [Lee Hyun-woong] That's right. The scale is a "mini-election," and some say that the "level" has risen as representatives of each party have stepped up to the election campaign, as if they were in a national election. First of all, the people's power is focusing on the by-election of Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, which has been evaluated as a strong region of the ruling camp, and Geumcheon-gu, Busan. CEO Han Dong-hoon attended the launching ceremony of candidate Park Yong-chul on the 27th of last month and campaigned for support. As for the candidate for Ganghwa County, Incheon, former Incheon Mayor Ahn Sang-soo defected from the people's power and ran as an independent, so he seems to be paying attention to not dispersing the conservative vote. Also, from next week, we plan to hold an on-site supreme council meeting in Busan and support it. Meanwhile, Democratic Party Chairman Lee Jae-myung yesterday helped support candidate Jang Se-il in Yeonggwang County, South Jeolla Province. Lee, who got on the campaign trail, criticized the Yoon Suk Yeol government, saying the election was the second regime judgment following the last general election, and also urged opposition parties, including the Cho Kuk Innovation Party and the Progressive Party. In the afternoon, he also moved to Geumjeong-gu, Busan, to support candidate Kim Kyung-ji's campaign. The Democratic Party of Korea and the Cho Kuk Innovation Party held a debate this evening on the issue of unifying opposition candidates for the head of the Geumjeong-gu District Office, and it was further reported that negotiations had collapsed earlier today. Politicians believe that this election is a preview of the local elections in two years, and that it is a "competence test" for the next presidential candidates.

◇ Lee Ik-seon: The next news is North Korea news. North Korea used the real name of the president of Yoon Suk Yeol and accused him of talking nonsense?

◈ [Lee Hyun-woong] Yes, that's right. This is the content of today's report by the Korean Central News Agency. Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong-un strongly criticized President Yoon Suk Yeol, referring to him as a "monster" during a visit to the training base of special operations forces in the western part of the country. In particular, the last Armed Forces Day commemorative speech was referred to as a "long-winded speech starting from the victim's consciousness." The criticism followed Kim Yo Jong, North Korea's deputy director of the Workers' Party, who yesterday criticized it as a "funeral procession of colonial employment forces." He also said that he spoke of the overwhelming response of the military force at the gate of a country with nuclear weapons, and that he could not help but suspect that he was an incomplete person. "If North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, it will face a decisive and overwhelming response from our military and the South Korea-U.S. alliance," Yoon said in his speech. "It will be the day of the end of the North Korean regime." It is the first time in more than two years that North Korea has accused President Yoon of his real name since his speech at the so-called Victory Day (the date of signing the armistice agreement of the Korean War) in July 2022.

◆ Choi Soo-young: With the level of North Korea's message rising like this, the Supreme People's Assembly will be held three days later (7th) to attract attention?

◈ Lee Hyun-woong: This is because North Korea is likely to destroy the 1991 Inter-Korean Basic Agreement as it makes a constitutional amendment to delete 'unification' at the Supreme People's Assembly. The Basic Agreement stipulates that inter-Korean relations are 'special relations tentatively formed in the process of unification, not between countries'. As North Korea has already declared inter-Korean relations as "two hostile countries," it believes there is a possibility of breaking the agreement at the Supreme People's Assembly. Furthermore, it is observed that there is a high possibility of denying the Northern Limit Line in the West Sea and the NLL and declaring a new 'sea border' claimed by North Korea. This is especially noteworthy because if a new 'sea border' is declared south of the NLL, military tensions in the region will inevitably increase. For reference, in 1999, it insisted on a maritime boundary including Yeonpyeong Island and waters near Baengnyeong Island.

◇ Lee Ik-seon: The following is the content of the parliamentary conflict. First, shall we summarize the position announced by the medical community after a closed joint meeting on the 2nd?

◈ Lee Hyun-woong: After Seoul National University Medical School approved medical students' applications for leave of absence, the medical community expressed its position while the Ministry of Education conducted an intensive field audit. First of all, he said he strongly supports the decision of Seoul National University Medical School and demanded that the Ministry of Education immediately cancel the threatening measures. At the same time, he said he decided not to recommend members to the government's proposed 'medical manpower estimation committee'. He emphasized that discussions without agenda restrictions, including the capacity of medical schools in 2025, are a priority. The next day, yesterday, Prime Minister Han Deok-soo's message came out. He told the medical community, "The government's position is to discuss candidly without agendas or preconditions." Unlike the government's negative stance on the medical community's demand to withdraw the increase in medical schools next year, it is interpreted as a gesture of appeasement in principle.

◆ Choi Soo-young: But there was another opinion in the presidential office today?

◈ Lee Hyun-woong: Jang Sang-yoon, senior presidential secretary for social affairs, appeared on a radio broadcast and said, "I actually left the bow demonstration because the entrance examination for the 2025 school year is in progress and a large part of the college admission process is in progress." I nailed it because the situation of making a judgment or giving an opinion has already passed. Amid speculation that the government may have taken a step back due to Prime Minister Han Deok-soo's remarks, remarks that reversed this continued. Meanwhile, earlier today, the Ministry of Health and Welfare held a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Doctors' Collective Action and said it again asked the medical community to recommend a member of the committee.

◇ Lee Ik-seon: Lastly, let's look at the sports news. The so-called 'Autumn Baseball' has begun. There was a surprise to baseball fans?

◈ Lee Hyun-woong: An unusual event has happened since the beginning of 'Autumn Baseball'. An upset came out of the wild card game. To briefly explain the wild card game, it's a series in which the 4th and 5th teams in the regular season compete for a place in the semi-playoff. If you look at the rules, it's quite difficult for the fifth place team to advance. First, one or two games will be played at the home stadium of the fourth-place team. The 4th place team will be given one win advantage. In other words, the fourth-place team advances to the semi-playoff if it wins or draws at least one of the two games. The fifth-place team needs to win two games in a row to advance. This year's wild card match was between the Doosan Bears, ranked fourth in the regular league, and KT WIZ, ranked fifth. KT WIZ advanced to the semi-playoff with two consecutive wins with 4-0 in Game 1 and 1-0 in Game 2. This is the advance of the 5th place team, which has never been done before.

◆ Choi Soo-young: It's great to go over 0% chance, but the next opponent will be nervous to go up without losing a point.

◈ Lee Hyun-woong: KT WIZ, which has advanced to the semi-playoff, will now face the LG Twins, the third-place team in the regular league. It starts tomorrow. As you said, KT WIZ came up with a powerful figure, but the fact that it was difficult to predict the opponent because it was the "upset" of the wild card game, which was never before, could also be a burden for LG Twins. Meanwhile, from KT WIZ's point of view, it is also burdensome because it has consumed a lot of physical strength. LG Twins is ahead with 9 wins and 7 losses against each other this season between the two teams. Furthermore, he has been superior in the opponent's past three years, and he also has good memories of winning the Korean Series with 4 wins and 1 loss last year. On the premise of multiple games, the importance of the first game is quite great. All-out war is expected tomorrow as the team that won the first round of the semi-playoff has an 80% or more chance of advancing to the playoffs. The reservation for tomorrow's game started a little while ago at 2 o'clock, and I think it's already sold out. A little later, the second round will be held at 3 o'clock, the third round at 4 o'clock, the fourth round at 5 o'clock, and the fifth round at 6 o'clock.

◇ Lee Ik-seon: We've looked at all the news prepared today.

◈ Lee Hyun-woong: Yes, thank you.