[YTN real-time news] Appealing at the first trial..."Respect for judges and independence of justice"

■ Representative Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party said three days before the first trial of the perjury teacher's charge, "I respect the judges" and that the independence of the judiciary should be thoroughly guaranteed. Regarding the first trial ruling on the election law charges, the court appealed, saying it misunderstood the law and that the sentencing was unfair.

■ The power of the people is in retaliation for the investigation of representative Lee Jae-myung in connection with the reduction of the entire budget for special activities in the presidential office led by the Democratic Party. He criticized the Democratic Party of Korea's outdoor rally tomorrow as a last-minute public opinion rally.

■ Cho Kuk, chairman of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, who is accused of corruption in his children's entrance examination and covering up the inspection of the Blue House, will be held on the 12th of next month. If the two-year prison term handed down in the second trial is confirmed, CEO Cho will lose his parliamentary seat and will be forced to avoid imprisonment.

■ A Japanese vice minister-level foreign ministry official has decided to attend the Sado mine memorial ceremony on the 24th. The memorial ceremony will be attended by 11 bereaved families of victims of forced mobilization, and attention is also being paid to the memorial service to be presented by the Japanese government.