Monday, June 7, 2021

 

Round-up of important news from major Korean dailies and from international media today

 

The Korea Post (http://www.koreapost.com/)

Guri City Mayor Ahn wins the "Excellent Award" at 2021 Governance Local Political Awards

Guri City, Gyeonggi Province, announced on June 3 that Mayor Ahn Seung-nam won the Excellence Award in the category of expanding residents' living benefits at the "2021 3rd Governance Local Political Awards" held at the Seoul Women's Plaza International Conference Hall in Daebang-dong, Seoul on June 2. Guri City Mayor Ahn's award was highly praised for building a local community after considering "citizens' happiness" as the top priority in all processes of municipal administration with the vision of "Guri, Citizens' Happiness Metropolitan City." In particular, Mayor Ahn sought for civil happiness by revitalizing the local economy and creating jobs, laying the institutional foundation for creating a "special city for citizens' happiness" such as the enactment of an ordinance to promote citizens' happiness.

 

Will Korea have another Harvard-educated political leader after Syngman Rhee?

Will South Korea have another President with an advanced educational background in the United States, Korea’s most-trusted friend in the world? Korea has had none since the late President Syngman Rhee (in office from July 1945 to April 1960). Now 36-year-old Lee Jun-seok, who is running for the leadership of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), is from Harvard for the first time in the recent history of political elections in Korea—after the late first-term President Syngman Rhee of the Republic of Korea. Why ask the educational background of the political candidates of the political leaders in Korea? It may not be so much the name of the university as the country of education of the candidate. Many people in Korea, especially the established generation, tend to favor those who have had their advanced training in the United States who is Korea’s most trusted ally in the world.

 

Korea seeks herd immunity by November with its vaccination speedup

National vaccinations against COVID-19 in Korea have been stepped up, with the government's pledge to efficiently accelerate the process raising the prospect of reaching the goal of herd immunity by November. A government task force on national vaccination against the coronavirus said that as of June 4, 7,086,292 people had received the first shot of a vaccine, or 13.8% of the population. In just a week, the figure nearly doubled the 7% (4,030,744) reported on May 27. The international statistical site Our World in Data said that as of on June 2, Korea's vaccination rate of 12.4% exceeded the global average of 11.1%. Thus vaccinations in Korea are back on track thanks to a stabilized supply stemming from the government's efforts to secure vaccines, improved public awareness and incentives for people to get their shots.

KBS (http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/)

COVID-19 Vaccinations for People Aged 60 to 64 Begins

South Korea has started inoculating people aged 60 to 64 who made reservations for the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the vaccination task force on Monday, senior citizens will receive their first shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Monday. As of Thursday, 78-point-eight percent of about three-point-95 million people in the age group made reservations to receive the vaccine. Although reservations have been closed, people aged 60 to 74 may make reservations and receive vaccines by calling or visiting medical institutions for leftover vaccines. They may also book appointments through mobile applications Naver and Kakao. Meanwhile, teachers at kindergartens, childcare centers and first and second grade elementary schools were initially scheduled to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine from Monday, but they will receive the Moderna vaccine from next month.

 

Unification Minister Calls for 'Maximum Flexibility' on Combined Military Exercises with US

South Korea Unification Minister Lee In-young has called for "maximum flexibility" in making decisions about combined military exercises with the United States set for August. Appearing on a KBS program on Sunday, the minister said that the combined exercises should never work in a way that causes or further escalates tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Lee said that the Seoul government should carry out a policy coordination process with maximum flexibility in relation to the drills. He added that while comprehensively taking several circumstances into consideration, South Korea should make a final decision on what to do with the combined exercises scheduled for August. The minister then added he hopes North Korea will also show flexibility.

 

S. Korea's Per Capita Tax Burden over 10 Mln Won in 2020

South Korea's per capita tax burden was estimated at over ten million won last year. According to an analysis of tax data by Rep. Choo Kyung-ho of the main opposition People Power Party(PPP) on Monday, the country's annual tax burden came to an average of ten million and 190-thousand won per person in 2020. The taxes include both central and regional government taxes, as well as other taxes such as contributions to national pension or health insurance. The per capita tax burden marks an increase of point-seven percent from a year earlier. The tax burden of the public totaled 527-point-seven trillion won last year, up point-eight percent on-year. The ratio of people's overall financial burden to the country's gross domestic product also rose by point-one percentage point on-year to 27-point-four percent last year. Choo said that under the Moon administration, people's tax burdens as well as national debt are increasing rapidly.

 

 

Yonhap (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr)

Moon visits funeral home of sex assault victim in military

President Moon Jae-in on Sunday met with the bereaved families of a female Air Force officer, sexually assaulted by a male colleague, and apologized to them for failing to protect her. Moon headed to her funeral home shortly after attending a national ceremony to mark the 66th Memorial Day. The annual event was held at Seoul National Cemetery. Speaking to the victim's parents at Armed Forces Capital Hospital in Seongnam, just south of the capital, the president said he was sorry that the country had failed to protect her, according to Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Kyung-mee. They called for a thorough investigation into the case, and Moon promised to do so. He then instructed Defense Minister Suh Wook, who accompanied him, to overhaul the barracks culture in addition to a full probe. The master sergeant, identified only by her surname Lee, was sexually assaulted in a car by the colleague of the same rank in early March.

 

N.K. leader presides over politburo meeting in first public appearance in a month

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a politburo session of the Workers' Party in his first public appearance in a month and discussed convening a key party meeting, as well as, organizational matters, state media said Saturday. During the session, the North decided to hold a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Party in early June to take "additional state measures for solving pending problems urgent for the economic work and people's living," the official Korean Central News Agency said. "Positively appreciating that a lot of planned works are being sped up on a long-term basis ... the respected General Secretary briefed and analyzed the execution of major policy tasks in different fields for the first half of the year," the KCNA said. Kim said that the plenary meeting will be held to review overall state affairs for the first half of the year in order to implement new measures to correct mistakes and "deflective matters."

 

Putin calls for guaranteeing N. Korea's security to resolve nuclear quandary

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for guaranteeing the security of North Korea to resolve the standoff over its nuclear program, stressing that pressure and sanctions alone are not going to solve the quandary. Putin made the remark during a virtual session with chiefs of global news agencies at an annual economic forum in St. Petersburg on Friday (Russia time), as the nuclear negotiations between the North and the United States remain deadlocked after the breakdown of the Hanoi summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and then U.S. President Donald Trump in early 2019. "The North Korean nuclear problem is not going to be resolved by pressuring the North and toughening the sanctions against it," Putin said through an interpreter when asked by Cho Sung-boo, CEO and president of Yonhap News Agency in Seoul to comment on Moscow's stance on North Korean nuclear issues. "Only by ensuring the security of its people, and with patience and a careful approach, should we be able to resolve this problem," he said.

 

 

The Korea Herald (http://www.koreaherald.com)

Moon apologizes over 'unjust death' caused by 'evil practice' in barracks during Memorial Day speech

President Moon Jae-in offered a public apology Sunday apparently over the recent death of a female Air Force officer, who had been sexually assaulted by a male colleague. "I am very sorry to the people over such an evil practice in the barracks culture that led to the tragic and unjust death," he said during his Memorial Day speech at the Seoul National Cemetery. The president stopped short of elaborating, but it was clear he was referring to the noncommissioned officer. She was sexually assaulted in a car in early March and soon reported the case to some of her seniors. But they allegedly attempted to cover it up. She was found dead at her official residence in late May in an apparent suicide. Moon also cited media reports of poor meals for troops. He pledged efforts to address the problem of such evil practices, not just for the human rights of soldiers but also for their morale and national security.

 

Will Constitution be revised to allow young president?

Discussions on abolishing the age limit for presidential candidates are gaining traction in the wake of the sensation caused by 36-year-old Lee Jun-seok in the main opposition People Power Party’s leadership race. Under the current Constitution, a candidate must be over 40 years old to run for president. The clause was first introduced in 1962 during the fifth constitutional amendment led by the military regime. In order for the Constitution to be revised, the motion needs the support of more than two-thirds of the National Assembly, and to be approved in a referendum. Kang Min-jin, 26, the leader of the youth chapter of the liberal minor Justice Party, was the first politician to ignite the debate at the 21st National Assembly. Kang pointed out in a press briefing on May 30 that “All presidential candidates speak of ‘youth’ but none of them are youth.”.

 

Israel arrests Jerusalem activist as reporter recovers

Israeli police arrested a Palestinian protest leader in the contested Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem on Sunday, a day after forcefully detaining a prominent Al Jazeera journalist covering the campaign by Jewish settlers to evict dozens of Palestinian families from the area. The arrest Sunday of Muna al-Kurd, confirmed by phone by her father, Nabil, was the latest move by Israeli police to quell several days of tension in one of the most sensitive neighborhoods in Jerusalem. It came as Givara Budeiri, a veteran correspondent for the Al Jazeera satellite channel who regularly covers the story, was released from a hospital with a broken hand that her boss said she sustained Saturday. Nabil al-Kurd said Israeli police early Sunday “stormed the house in large numbers and in a barbaric manner,” saying they wanted to arrest Muna, 23, and her 22-year-old brother.

 

 

The Korea Times (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr)

Court rules Military Service Act on 2nd-generation emigrants is constitutional

The Constitutional Court unanimously ruled Sunday that a clause of the Military Service Act, which calls on second-generation South Korean emigrants to fulfill the country's mandatory military service if they stay in South Korea for more than three years, is constitutional. Under the standing law, those who have obtained foreign citizenship at birth in other countries or permanent residency after emigration, are exempt from military duty, while all able bodied men in Korea are required to serve in the military for about two years as South and North Korea are technically still at war. But a clause of the Military Service Act stipulates that second-generation South Korean emigrants who are 18 years of age or older are excluded from this preferential treatment if they stay in the country for more than three years. This clause, which had previously been applied to those who were born after Jan. 1, 1994, was revised in May 2018, calling on the clause to be applied to all second-generation immigrants.

 

EU's anticipated safeguard extension set to hit Korean steelmaker

The local steel industry is expected to continue to suffer an export contraction as the European Commission is likely to extend a safeguard measure on steel imports for an additional year. According to the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) and foreign media, Sunday, the European Commission is slated to announce the results of an investigation to assess the need for an extension of the safeguard measure on June 7 (local time). The European Commission introduced the safeguard measure in July 2018 after the U.S. began imposing an additional 25 percent tariff on steel imports early that year. Due to the concern that cheaper steel from Asian makers would eat away at the European market, they imposed a 25 percent tariff on 26 steel "products" that exceeded a quota given to each country until June 30 this year. KITA said multiple European Union (EU) officials told local media that the European Commission will propose a one-year extension of the safeguard measure. After the commission submits its opinion to the EU council, the latter will make a final decision on whether to approve the extension before the current measure expires.

 

Unification minister calls for 'maximum flexibility' on joint military exercises with US

Unification Minister Lee In-young called Sunday for "maximum flexibility" in deciding what to do with joint military exercises with the United States set for August, saying such drills should never serve as a chance to cause additional tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Lee said on KBS TV's "Sunday Diagnosis Live" that additional consideration should be given to how to deal with the upcoming combined military exercises at a time when the new U.S. policy on Pyongyang has shaped up and a willingness for dialogue is being talked about. "While comprehensively taking several circumstances into consideration, we should make a final decision on what to do with the combined exercises scheduled for August," Lee said, referring to such factors as the coronavirus pandemic and a need for such exercises to regain the wartime operation control from the U.S. "But one obvious thing is that combined exercises should never work in a way that causes or further escalates tensions on the Korean Peninsula," he said. "Our government should carry out a policy coordination process with maximum flexibility, and I also hope North Korea will show flexibility."

 

 

Chosun Ilbo (http://english.chosun.com)

Record Number of Businesses Unable to Service Debt

A record number of companies are unable to cover even the interest on their loans due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Bank of Korea analyzed the earnings of 25,871 businesses last year and found that 34.5 percent could not fully meet their monthly interest payments, up around four percentage points on-year. The interest coverage ratio is calculated by dividing operating profit by loan interest, and a reading below 100 means companies do not make enough money to cover interest payments. Kim Dae-jin at the BOK said, "The number of companies with low interest coverage ratios increased as many transportation and petrochemical companies suffered losses due to the coronavirus pandemic and declining oil prices." But some businesses' sales rose in the pandemic, and so did their ability to service their debt. In the semiconductor and household-appliance sectors, the proportion of companies whose interest coverage ratio surpassed 500 percent rose from 40.9 percent in 2019 to 41.1 percent last year.

Naver to Compensate Neighbors for Glare from Headquarters

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Internet portal Naver to compensate residents living close to its headquarters for damage caused by the glare from its glass façade. Sixty-eight neighbors filed a W3.5 billion lawsuit against Naver in 2016 saying sunlight reflected off the building blighted their everyday lives (US$1=W1,115). Reversing a decision by the Seoul High Court, the Supreme Court said the "inconvenience suffered by the residents went beyond ordinary limits" and also ordered Naver to remedy the problem. In common with many prestige high-risers, the 28-story Naver building in Bundang, southern Seoul, is entirely faced in glass, and the glare flashes right into two apartment complexes 110 m away. A lower court sided with the residents, but the Seoul High Court determined that the glare was "bearable" and did not prevent neighbors from reading or sewing or diminished their vision. But the Supreme Court found that damage from reflected light needs to be judged by different criteria than natural sunlight. It found that the degree of visual impairment caused by up to three hours of reflected rays during seven to nine months of the year exceeds normal levels of brightness by 440 to 29,200 times, which "impairs the residential purposes of their homes."

U.S. Wants Higher-Profile Summit with Korea and Japan

The leaders of the U.S., Korea and Japan may not be meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in London this month after all but in Washington. "U.S. President Joe Biden hopes to hold the trilateral summit in Washington as soon as possible," a diplomatic source said Wednesday. "The message has been delivered to Seoul and Tokyo, where diplomats are fine-tuning options." It appears Washington wants to make the meeting more visible than it would be on the sidelines of the G7 summit in order to impress China with a show of unity. The U.S. is keen to achieve a rapprochement between Korea and Japan to present a united front in its new cold war against China. A series of trilateral meetings of national security advisers, military chiefs, foreign ministers and spy chiefs were also held at Washington's initiative. "All these meetings are stepping stones toward a trilateral summit," the source added. "The U.S. hopes that once the trilateral summit materializes, cooperation that has been derailed for nearly four years will be put back on the right track."

 

HanKyoReh Shinmun (http://english.hani.co.kr)

Is British return to Asia resurgence or nostalgia?

A UK Carrier Strike Group led by the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth set sail in late May for a tour of the Indo-Pacific region. Numerous analysts see this as a sign that Britain — which dominated the world in the 19th century as the “empire on which the sun never sets” — is beginning a “return to Asia” in response to China’s rise. But within Europe, many are taking a dim view of the activities by Britain, a country that has found itself in a political and economic corner since Brexit. Skeptics are asking whether a waning Britain even has the wherewithal to turn its attention to the other side of the globe. The media reports and the announcement last April by UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace showed the HMS Queen Elizabeth following a grand path that seemed to announce a revival of the British Empire. The tour itself lasts for six months, beginning in Europe and including visits to 40 or so countries. It is stopping for joint military exercises in India — which had been a top priority in Britain’s 19th-century global strategy — and visiting US allies such as South Korea and Japan to establish a network.

US appointment of special envoy to N. Korea signals readiness for dialogue, US deputy secretary of state says

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said that the appointment of Sung Kim as the US’ special representative for North Korea signaled the US’s readiness for dialogue with the North. Sherman also expressed her hope that the North would “take us up on that.” Sherman made the remarks in a teleconference on Wednesday with reporters from the Asia-Pacific region during a visit to Bangkok, Thailand, on the final leg of a tour of Southeast Asia. She was responding to a reporter who’d asked if the US had contacted North Korea to explain the results of its North Korea policy review. Sherman said the Biden administration had reviewed its North Korea policy through very close deliberations with South Korea, Japan, and global partners and said that the US wanted to engage with the North. She explained that the US would take calibrated action in order to achieve progress toward the ultimate goal of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

 

Japan seems to have decided it’s too late to call off Olympics

With around 50 days left until the Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese government appears to have concluded that it’s too late to call off the games. We’ve reached the point where halting [the Olympics] isn’t an option,” a senior official from the office of the Japanese prime minister was quoted as declaring in a Wednesday story by the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper. There’s no turning back now,” another government official said in an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, making clear that Tokyo isn’t considering the idea of canceling the Olympic Games. Although Japan hasn’t managed to stop the spread of COVID-19 and there’s strong domestic opposition to holding the Olympics, the apparent mood in the Japanese government is that it’s too late to cancel the games. As of Thursday, there are 50 days left until the Tokyo Olympics begin on July 23. Tokyo has apparently begun preparing by administering COVID-19 vaccines to Japanese athletes who will be competing in the games.

 

 

The Dong-A Ilbo (http://english.donga.com/)

Moon apologizes for ‘bad practices in military’

President Moon Jae-in apologized to the public on Memorial Day, which fell on Sunday, while calling the suicide of a female sergeant after filing complaint for sexual harassment a result of “bad practices in barracks.” Officials in the presidential office are reportedly demanding that investigation into military culture including sexual harassment be conducted in the wake of the incident. Growing voices are calling for far-reaching reform of the military, as bad practices in the barracks have reached the boiling point as military insiders would often cover up serious incidents within the military. Attending the 66th Memorial Day ceremony at the Seoul National Cemetery in Seoul’s Dongjak district on the day, President Moon said, “I am telling the public that I deeply feel sorry about cases of substandard meals in the military, and some bad practices remaining in barracks that resulted in a deplorable and unfair death.

 

 

Facebook bans Trump for two more years

Facebook announced on Friday that former U.S. President Donald Trump will be banned from using its service for two more years. Facebook's Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg declared that how Mr. Trump reacted was downright inappropriate given the gravity of the situation so he was subject to an extra two-year ban. Facebook in January suspended Mr. Trump’s account with no time limit on the grounds that he was alleged to incite violence in the U.S. Capitol. Facebook’s Oversight Board on May 6 ordered Facebook to come up with a rule that corresponds to the one that is applied to other users within half a year, describing an indefinite suspension of his account as inappropriate. In response, Facebook released two more years’ ban. If that is the case, Mr. Trump may be allowed to come back to Facebook in January 2023.

 

S. Korea did not feel the urgency to vaccinate citizens, says an expert

Deadly pathogens could trigger a global health crisis,” said Fareed Zakaria (57, photo), an international politics expert in his CNN program “Fareed Zakaria GPS” in June 2017. In less than three years, his warning became a reality – the COVID-19 pandemic. He emphasized cooperation between countries in the post-pandemic world in his book “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World” published in April. He says the world should expand multilateralism and public services to alleviate the bipolarization issue that the pandemic aggravated. Let’s look at his opinion on Korea’s response on the virus. “Korea realized the seriousness of the biological threat and quickly responded,” he recently said in a written interview with the Dong-A Ilbo. “In August when I was writing this book, COVID-19 was spreading very slowly in Korea. Its quarantine results were as good as other countries.”

 

 

TheKyungHyangShinmun (http://english.khan.co.kr/)

Moon Government Must Not Undermine Fairness and Justice in Order to Release One Business Tycoon”

Among the academia and civic groups, the majority oppose the pardon of Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics. They argued that the pardon would be an act deserting the fairness and justice that the Moon Jae-in government had stressed and another form of abuse of state authority. Park Sang-in, a professor at the Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Administration criticized the discussions on a pardon for Lee as a game rigged by Cheongwadae, Samsung and businesses. In a phone conversation with the reporter on June 3, Professor Park said, “Are we facing serious challenges in the semiconductor competition or in securing vaccine supplies right now because Lee is in prison? Absolutely not.” He further said, “Samsung and businesses created a popular opinion that we would face a big problem shortly after Lee was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment, and some members of the press played the role of a loudspeaker. Cheongwadae sided with them and created the public opinion.”

 

President Moon Hands a Letter of Appointment to Kim Oh-soo and Asks Him to “Play a Big Role in Creating a Fair Prosecution Service”

On June 1, President Moon Jae-in said to the newly appointed prosecutor general, Kim Oh-soo, “I ask that you lead the prosecutors, so they can be proud of being voluntary executors of reforms aiding such changes to take root in the Prosecution Service, including the newly adjusted authority over investigations between the police and prosecutors.” This day, President Moon handed Kim a letter of appointment at Cheongwadae and in the private meeting that followed, the president said, “I trust that you will play a big role in helping the Prosecution Service become a just agency that can meet the expectations of the people,” according to a written briefing by Cheongwadae spokesperson Park Kyung-mee. Kim will actually be the last prosecutor general appointed by the incumbent government, so the president appears to have requested Kim’s support in helping the institutional reforms that the government had promoted in the last four years to take root in the Prosecution Service. In particular, the president’s mention of a just Prosecution Service drew attention for it came at a time when politicians are fiercely debating over a memoir published by the former justice minister Cho Kuk, which includes the prosecutors’ investigation.

 

South Korea Nuclear Dunford

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford speaks at a news conference at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The top U.S. military officer is warning during a trip to Seoul that the United States is ready to use the "full range" of its military capabilities to defend itself and its allies from North Korea. A spokesman says Marine Corps Gen. Dunford also told his South Korean counterparts Monday that the North's missiles and nukes threaten the world. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

 

 

Maeil Business News Korea (http://www.pulsenews.co.kr/)

Korean fin min admits second extra budget is in the making

The South Korean government Friday formerly confirmed it is working to package the second supplementary budget as it needs not have to issue debt to finance the extra stimuli thanks to excess tax income. The review on another extra budget will focus on vaccine program and relief for merchants suffering from virus fallout as well as promoting jobs,” said deputy prime minister and finance minister Hong Nam-ki during a meeting with heads of the country’s major economic research institutions and investment banks on Friday before outlining the financial policy for the second half.

The government would not need to issue extra debts as it had to finance the first supplementary budget in March due to greater-than-expected tax revenue, he said.

 

CS Wind acquires U.S. wind tower factory from Vestas

South Korea’s CS Wind Corp., also the world’s top supplier of wind towers, has acquired a full stake in a U.S. wind tower factory from Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas, a move that is expected to help the Korean firm solidify its top position in the bourgeoning green energy market. In a disclosure on Thursday, CS Wind said that it has signed an agreement with Vestas to buy a 100 percent stake in Vestas Towers America Inc. that operates a wind tower factory in the United States for 166.5 billion won ($149 million). The agreement comes seven months after CS Wind unveiled ambitious plans to expand its presence in the U.S. green energy market in November last year. Vestas Tower America is Vestas’ only foreign wind tower production entity that is directly managed by Vestas.

 

Korea’s NPS commits $268 mn in tech fund of Apax Partners

South Korea’s largest institutional investor National Pension Service (NPS) has committed 300 billion won ($268.31 million) in a tech fund launched by global private equity advisory firm Apax Partners LLP in the first quarter to bolster new growth portfolio. According to investment banking industries on Thursday, NPS committed 200 billion to 300 billion won in January to the Apax X fund raised by U.K. PEF Apax Partners focused on pursuing global buyout opportunities across tech and healthcare sectors. The Apax X fund was over-subscribed by global institutional investors, closing above its hard-cap of $11 billion. Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corp. also joined the fund. Founded in 1969, Apax Partners is a PEF focused on investing in mid-sized digital tech firms.

 

 

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