[Preview] The 2 week winter break in the courts across the country.Major trials resume next year

Today is the preview of Monday, December 23rd.

Most courts across the country, including the Seoul Central District Court and the Seoul High Court, the largest courts in the country, will be on winter recess from today to the 3rd of next month.

Other courts across the country set recesses in similar periods, during which most trials, except for urgent or serious cases, are not held.

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From today, new warning pictures and phrases will be applied to cigarette pack packaging to feel the risk of smoking more than before.

There are 10 types of cigarette pack warning pictures, and the number of warning pictures on the subject of disease has increased from 5 to 7, and the warning phrase has changed from word-type expressions such as "lung cancer" to sentence-type expressions such as "path to lung cancer."

In the case of e-cigarettes, the subject of the picture will be increased from 1 type to 2 types and the phrase will maintain "nicotine poisoning, carcinogen exposure."

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Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the Korean Olympic Committee and a member of the IOC, whose duties are currently suspended due to the request of the
government to investigate, officially announces his 'third term challenge' today.

Chairman Lee announced that he will have a "conversation time" with journalists regarding his election candidacy at 2:30 p.m. today at the Olympic Parktel in Bangi-dong, Seoul.

Chairman Lee, who has been the head of the sports association since 2016, has been on the list of prosecutors and police investigations on various charges such as hiring, embezzlement, and malpractice of employees, but he has challenged his third consecutive term by appealing his innocence.

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From today, we will accept applications for extension of the youth discount of Gifu Donghaeng Card, an unlimited public transportation ticket in Seoul, for young people who have fulfilled their military service obligations.

Discounts can be extended for up to three years, and the city will extend the period of participation in the city's representative youth policies, such as Seoul Youth Reserve Intern and Future Youth Jobs, starting with the extension of the youth discount for the climate companion card.

It's been previewing today.