After martial law, the 'Yoon Suk Yeol watch' that had a lot of money, it was cheaper than Chun Doo-hwan's watch.

[News FM Lee Ik-seon Choi Soo-young Issue & People]
□ Broadcast Date: December 11, 2024 (Wednesday)
□ Host: Choi Soo-young
□ Cast: Announcer Lee Hyun-woong

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◆ Hello!

◇ Choi Soo-young: This is the first news. The National Assembly is also continuing to ask urgent questions about emergency martial law, but is it controversial that an Air Force general played a smartphone game while dealing with such a serious issue?

◆ Lee Hyun-woong: Yes. The situation is like this. The National Assembly's National Defense Committee's urgent questioning yesterday continued until late, dealing with a number of issues. The meeting was adjourned for dinner and other reasons, and an Air Force general who returned to the Jill chair after eating took off his boots and started playing smartphone games with his legs crossed. This image was broadcast in real time through various media that were delivering live broadcasts. About five minutes later, officials around him approached General Lee, pointed at the camera, and informed him that it was being broadcast live, and soon stopped the game and settled down.

Later, ahead of the National Defense Commission meeting at 1 a.m. today, Rep. Ahn Kyu-baek of the Democratic Party of Korea raised the general and strongly criticized him, "Are you in your mind, no matter how long the adjournment is when the country is in a turmoil due to martial law?"

In response, Sung Il-jong, chairman of the National Defense Committee, said, "It is personal time during the adjournment, but I hope you keep in mind that it was an inappropriate behavior because it was a place that the people were watching."

In addition, Vice Defense Minister Kim Sun-ho emphasized, "I will confirm the truth and hold you accountable for sure."

This has led to a series of controversies on the Internet. There were criticisms such as "It's inappropriate to play games in the National Assembly at this time of the year" and "Is it not that good to understand the situation?" and sympathy public opinion such as "Should I then meditate during the break?"

◇ Choi Soo-young: Let's see the next news. So-called 'Presidential Watch', there's a commemorative watch with the president's name on it, and Yoon Suk Yeol's presidential commemorative watch is on the market?

◆ Lee Hyun-woong: Yes. As the quantity itself is produced in a limited way, the absolute number of used transactions is not large. Over the past year, one sale has been coming up every two days, but since the martial law crisis, there have been two to three sales a day.

The cost of the president's watch is known to be around 40,000 won to 50,000 won. However, since it is not an official product for sale, there is no fixed price, and the price goes up and down depending on the approval rating or popularity.

In the early days of Yoon Suk Yeol's presidency, the clock, which was traded at 200,000 won, fell to 100,000 won this year, and fell below 100,000 won after martial law.

The presidential commemorative clock has been made since the time of former President Park Chung-hee, and since then, successive presidents have made it one after another, and now it has become a custom. Compared to other recent presidential watches on the used trading market, Yoon Suk Yeol's presidential watches are trading at the lowest prices.
Meanwhile, presidential holiday gift sets along with presidential commemorative watches are also traded in the used trading market. The gift set, which includes traditional liquor, citron syrup, and beef jerky sent on this year's Lunar New Year's Day, was traded at more than 100,000 won, but it seems uncertain at the moment whether the gift set will be released next year, which is about a month away.

◇ Choi Soo-young: Let's see the next news. Interest in the martial law situation 44 years ago is also growing with this, and movies set at that time are running back?

◆ [Lee Hyun-woong] That's right. The representative example is 'Spring in Seoul'. The movie 'Seoul Spring' is set in a military revolt on December 12. According to the data from the Korea Film Council today, "Seoul Spring" recorded a total of 1,150 views on IPTV on the 4th, just after the emergency martial law incident.

This is an increase of 1,085% compared to 97 cases on the 3rd a day ago. The daily box office ranking also jumped from 23rd to 3rd. Since then, it has been steadily increasing its viewership, overtaking several latest films and making it on the "Top 10 Charts."

Meanwhile, according to OTT Wave's tally, the movie "Taxi Driver," which is set in the May 18 pro-democracy movement, is also reported to have seen an increase of more than 1,000%. I've watched more than 300% of "Youth in May".

As the "reverse driving" wind blows in the movie industry, the new works are actually crying. This is because the burden of release has increased at a time when there is a story that there is no year-end atmosphere at all even though it is the end of the year.

The movie 'It's okay, it's okay!', which was scheduled to be released on Christmas Eve, eventually announced, 'We inevitably postpone the release to meet the audience in a better environment.'

The production briefing for the movie 'It's a fairy tale but it's a blue bull' scheduled for tomorrow has also been canceled. The reason was said to be "internal circumstances," but there is an interpretation that it may be the aftermath of the emergency martial law.

Meanwhile, Harbin, a masterpiece that attracts the most attention at the end of this year, rather advanced its release date by one day. As the movie is set in the Harbin uprising of Ahn Jung-geun, it is interpreted as a strategy that can attract more attention now that interest in modern and contemporary history has increased. The promotional schedule for the movie 'Harbin' is scheduled for next week. It is said that it will proceed as scheduled.

◇ Choi Soo-young: This is the last news. At the end of the year, there are a number of counts looking back on the year, and Google has released a list of 2024 looking back on search terms?

◆ [Lee Hyun-woong] That's right. It was divided into several categories and announced. For your information, it is not a standard, but a ranking based on how much the absolute amount has increased compared to the previous year.

First of all, it's the most frequently mentioned word right now. "Gyeom-ryeong" was included. I came in second place. According to Google Trends, which shows the search volume from 0 to 100, the search for the martial law, which was "zero" until just before martial law, reached a maximum of 100 in just 16 minutes. In the midst of this interest, just a week or so of counting ranked second in keywords this year.

You must be curious about the keyword that I searched more than "Eyeom-ryeong". The first place was 'Olympics, Paralympics'. In the Paris Olympics and Paralympics held from late July to September this year, our national team exceeded expectations and won 13 gold medals, ranking eighth in the overall ranking. Considering that the goal was to win five gold medals and rank 15th in the overall ranking, you can see how active our national team has been.

In addition, the third place was housing subscription, and there was a great interest in big political events such as the 5th U.S. presidential election and the 6th 2024 general election. In addition, search volume has increased due to weather that has changed too much from usual, such as climate change in the 4th place and heat wave in the 10th place. Keywords in entertainment and culture, such as No. 7 Parmyo, No. 8 Min Hee-jin, and No. 9 Jung Woo-sung, are also in the top 10.

Personally, I wondered that there was no name for the author of "Han River." It seems to be because it was searched at a certain level last year, but when limited to person search terms, it was ranked fourth.

◇ Choi Soo-young: We've looked at all the news prepared today.

◆ Lee Hyun-woong: Yes, thank you.