[Start briefing] 10,000 volunteers for 10 days... Thanks to this, the bereaved families were able to survive.

On Wednesday, January 8, the start briefing will begin.

First of all, it's the Chosun Ilbo.

The national mourning period for the Muan Jeju Air disaster has ended, and all victims have been settled.

However, there are those who did not leave Muan and expressed their comfort.

Thanks to the 10,000 volunteers who visited Muan for 10 days, the bereaved families were able to stay strong. Let's listen to the stories of volunteers from home and abroad.

Fourteen oriental doctors took annual leave and ran to the airport to provide medical services.

No matter how hard it is, I gave the medicine to the bereaved family, saying that they must eat.

Not only the body but also their minds are treated together.

A coffee truck appeared in front of the joint memorial altar at the Muan Sports Center.

A hearing-impaired couple prepared this warm drink for the bereaved families and mourners.

Those who left their lives for a week and headed to Muan said, "I wanted to comfort the bereaved families whose hearts were broken."

Citizens helped with separate collection overnight, cleaned the waiting room, and organized the donated items.

He said that there are sometimes bereaved families who stop by to find the victim's belongings, and he tried to "stay around until the last one so that he won't be lonely."

There was also an ethnic Korean couple who visited Muan from Seattle in the U.S. and volunteered.

About 6,000 volunteers gathered in Muan. If you add religious groups and individuals who have not registered as volunteers, it will reach 10,000.

We express our condolences and consolation to the victims and their families, and our thanks and respect to the volunteers.

Next is the Seoul Shimbun.

Sales in the department store industry are less than 1% higher than last year.

But places that do well do well, and places that don't do business are closed.

This is an article about the growing polarization of department stores by region and store.

Compared to 2023, the combined sales of 68 department stores remained flat at about 40 trillion won last year.

However, major stores that have exceeded KRW 1 trillion in sales have seen a remarkable increase in sales.The total sales of 12

'Group 1 Club' stores are 53% or more than half of the industry's total sales.

Shinsegae Gangnam branch and Lotte Jamsil branch, which recorded more than 3 trillion won in sales, stand out.

However, 45 places saw their sales decrease.

Most of the stores were in the non-metropolitan area.

Lotte Masan branch in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, has already opened its doors.

Seoul is no exception, but Hyundai's D-Cube City branch is scheduled to close in June this year.

Economic polarization in the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas is also continuing in the department store industry. As the non-metropolitan economy slows, the polarization between major large stores in large cities and small stores in provincial areas is expected to intensify.

This is the last Hankyoreh newspaper.

I bought a padded jacket with goose down for the cold winter, but what if it's under-content?

If you've heard of a brand that's broken its name, you'll feel more betrayed.

When the trick was revealed, I put out my flippers, but let's find out why the winter padding "controversy over the mixing rate" broke out.

The companies in question are E-Land's own brands Huayu and Musinsa.Not long ago, it was known that

goose down content was below the standard.

In the face of controversy, E-Land promised a full refund.

Musinsa said it would retire the brand in question and conduct a full investigation into the mix rate.

Let's just say follow-up is the case, and we need to know why this happened. First, Chinese duck and goose down prices have increased significantly.

At the same time, poor quality control of brands and platforms is cited as the cause.

They believe in the quality guarantee of overseas local partners and neglect the verification process. In other words, the headquarters did not properly inspect the quality.

I paid a lot of money for winter clothes, but I shouldn't be deceived like this.

The newspaper also reports experts that there is a need for a legal mechanism that can take strict responsibility so that operators can strengthen self-regulation.

I looked at the newspaper on the morning of January 8th.

This has been the start briefing.