Monday, July 19, 2021
Round-up of important news from major Korean dailies and from international media today
The Korea Post (http://www.koreapost.com/)
Yanolja succeeds in attracting 2 trillion won in investment from Japan’s SoftBank
Yanolja, a global leisure platform company, has attracted a total of 2 trillion won (some $1.7 billion) in investment from Japan's SoftBank Group led by founder and CEO Masayoshi Son. (Son Jeong-eui in Korean name) Yanolja is focusing on digital transformation of the global travel and hospitality market through Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), big data, blockchain technology, and cloud-based platforms. Yanolja, one of the fastest growing travel companies in the world, offers integrated travel services such as accommodation, leisure, transportation and restaurants. Yanolja is planning to actively invest in technology development and digital transformation to enhance its competitiveness in the global hospitality market by utilizing funds that were attracted this time. In particular, it is moving to upgrade automation solutions based on AI technology and personalization services through big data.
MOTIE discloses 11.5% increase in automobile production, 27.9 growth in export
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on July 15 that Korea’s automobile output and exports in the first six months of 2021 posted year-on-year increases of 11.5 percent and 27.9 percent, respectively. In particular, exports recorded double-digit growth (up 27.9 percent to 1,049,658 units) for the first time since the first half of 2012. In value terms, exports jumped 49.9 percent to $23.6 billion. Green car exports expanded 37.1 percent to 172,921 units, the highest number on record. By region, exports to all major destinations improved: North America (up 39.7 percent to $10.8 billion), the EU (up 56.3 percent to $4.2 billion), Eastern Europe (up 80.2 percent to $2.7 billion), the Middle East (up 0.9 percent to $1.7 billion), Central and South America (up 124.6 percent to $1.0 billion), Africa (up 87.3 percent to $319 million), Oceania (up 111.3 percent to $1.5 billion), and Asia (up 64.9 percent to $1.4 billion).
Amb. Nuaimi of UAE introduces episode in an interview with Arirang TV
A special television episode of "The Diplomat" was held on the Korean channel Arirang, which is shown in English, for His Excellency Abdulla Saif Al Nuaimi, UAE Ambassador to Seoul, which was broadcast on July 12, 2021. The episode dealt with the nature of bilateral relations between the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Korea. Korea in various important and common sectors between the two friendly countries, and the episode focused on the efforts of the UAE in confronting the issue of climate change. A video clip was also shown of His Excellency Abdullah bin Mohammed Balhaif Al Nuaimi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, in which he referred to the UAE's great efforts in the field of climate change and the policies, plans and programs adopted and implemented in the UAE in this aspect.
KBS (http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/)
Report: Moon to Visit Japan for Opening of Olympics, Hold Summit with Suga Friday
South Korea and Japan have reportedly decided to hold a summit between their leaders in Tokyo on Friday when the Olympic Games are set to open. Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Monday that President Moon will visit Japan for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics and hold a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the Akasaka Palace state guest house. The paper said that in their first face-to-face summit, the two leaders are likely to discuss the issues of South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery and forced labor. The Tokyo government will also reportedly dismiss a Japanese diplomat who recently made vulgar remarks about President Moon during a meeting with a South Korean reporter.
S. Korea to Accept COVID-19 Vaccine Reservations for Those in Early 50s
South Korea will begin accepting reservations for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from people in their early 50s from Monday. According to the state vaccination task force, those aged 53 and 54 may make reservations from 8 p.m. Monday, while those aged 50 to 52 may do so from 8 p.m. Tuesday. Anyone in their 50s may make reservations from Wednesday to Saturday. The inoculations will take place at vaccination centers and medical institutions across the nation from August 16 to 25. South Korea will also begin to inoculate about 632-thousand high school seniors and teachers for COVID-19 from Monday. Eligible students include high school seniors and those who will take this year's college entrance exam. High school teachers and education officials across the nation, including administrative staff and native-language teachers, are also eligible.
S. Korea Sends Military Aircraft to Bring Members of Virus-Hit Unit Home
South Korea has sent two aerial tanker transports to return all members of its anti-piracy naval unit in waters off Africa to Korea following an outbreak of COVID-19 on a destroyer. According to the Defense Ministry, two KC-330 Cygnus multi-role aerial tankers departed at 4 p.m. Sunday for "Operation Oasis" to transport all 301 members of the 34th contingent of the unit. The ministry said about 200 fully vaccinated people, including 148 replacement troops and 13 quarantine and medical personnel, are aboard the tankers. They will move the service members aboard the naval destroyer Munmu the Great to the tankers and disinfect the destroyer. As of Sunday, the number of COVID-19 cases among service members of the unit has increased to 68.
Yonhap (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr)
New virus infections stay in 1,400s for 2nd day on fewer tests
South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases remained in the mid-1,400s for the second day in a row Sunday on fewer tests over the weekend amid concerns about increased cases in non-capital areas, the imminent summer holiday season and the prevalence of the delta variant from India. The country added 1,454 COVID-19 cases, an all-time high for a Sunday, including 1,402 local infections, raising the total caseload to 177,951, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The figure was down one from 1,455 on Saturday. The daily caseload has stayed above the 1,000 mark since July 7 on the back of a surge in confirmed new cases in the greater Seoul area. It hit a new high of 1,615 on Wednesday. The country added two more COVID-19 deaths, raising the death toll to 2,057. The fatality rate came to 1.16 percent. As of 9 p.m. on Sunday, the country posted 1,192 new infections, down 186 from the same time the previous day. Of them, 820, or 68.8 percent, were reported in the Seoul metropolitan area, including 420 in the capital and 333 in Gyeonggi Province.
No decision yet on whether Moon will visit Japan this week: Cheong Wa Dae
Cheong Wa Dae said Monday it has no announcement to make yet on whether President Moon Jae-in will visit Japan this week. It was responding to a Japanese news report that said Moon is scheduled to do so for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games and summit talks with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. "No decision has been made yet," Park Soo-hyun, senior Cheong Wa Dae secretary for public communication, said. The president is "trying to take a better path than an easy one" when it comes to the Seoul-Tokyo relations, he added. Opinion polls show that many South Koreans are opposed to Moon making a trip to Tokyo to attend the ceremony slated for Friday.
61 more Cheonghae Unit members test positive for COVID-19
An additional 61 service members of South Korea's anti-piracy naval unit in waters off Africa have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total caseload on their destroyer to 68, officials said Sunday. The figure is feared to rise further, as the test results of about 200 service members of the 300-strong Cheonghae Unit are expected to be available in the coming days. Later in the day, the government sent two KC-330 Cygnus multirole aerial tankers to Africa to bring back home all the unit members under an operation codenamed "Mission Oasis." "Until now, we've received the test results on 101 service members, and 68 tested positive, with 33 negative," an official of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
The Korea Herald (http://www.koreaherald.com)
Power crisis looms in Korea as scorching heat continues.
Alarm bells are ringing over power security this summer, as the heat wave has driven electricity demand to historic highs already before August, the hottest month of summer, arrives. The electricity reserve margin, the difference between the supply capacity and demand, fell close to 10 percent last week, recording the season’s lowest 10.1 percent on Tuesday, with the remaining supply capacity dipping to 8.8 gigawatts. A reserve ratio under 10 percent, or a remaining capacity under 10 GW, is considered “unusual.” Last summer, the 10 GW threshold was first breached on Aug. 25. “The government should feel a sense of crisis,” said professor Huh Sung-yoon from Seoul National University of Science & Technology’s department of Energy Policy.
LG Electronics to transition to 100% renewable by 2050
LG Electronics said Sunday that it will shift to renewable energy for 100 percent of its needs by 2050, doubling down on its previous pledge to go carbon neutral by 2030. According to the South Korean tech giant, the transition will begin at its North American headquarters in Englewood, New Jersey, which will switch entirely to electricity generated by renewables by the end of this year. All its overseas production bases will follow suit by 2025. This will allow LG Electronics to source 50 percent of its electricity from renewables at home and abroad. LG Electronics will raise the figure to 60 percent by 2030 and 90 percent by 2040 by using clean electricity at its domestic business sites.
N. Korea's imports from China surge on-month in June
SHENYANG, China -- North Korea's imports from China rose sharply to $12.3 million last month from $2.71 million a month earlier, Chinese trade data showed Sunday. The North's imports had fallen to $29,000 and $3,000 in January and February, respectively, before rising to $28.75 million in April and then falling again in May, according to the data. North Korea's exports to China posted $1.81 million in June, with bilateral trade volume coming to $14.13 million. The two countries' trade volume in June accounted for just 6 percent of that of a year ago, when it reached $226.6 million, the data showed.
The Korea Times (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr)
Moon to visit Japan during Olympics, have summit with Suga on July 23: Yomiuri
President Moon Jae-in will visit Japan for the opening ceremony of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and hold bilateral summit talks with his Japanese counterpart next week, a Japanese daily reported Monday. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that Moon will attend the Olympic event slated for Friday and hold his first face-to-face summit with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on the occasion. Relations between Seoul and Tokyo have remained at a low ebb due to thorny historical matters and trade disputes, but U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been intent on bringing the two Asian allies closer for stronger trilateral cooperation in the region.
Chinese ambassador in hot water over 'political interference'
Chinese Ambassador to Korea Xing Haiming has come under fire for publicly criticizing a presidential hopeful's diplomacy strategy that seeks to strengthen the Korea-U.S. alliance. Chinese Ambassador to Korea Xing Haiming shakes hands with main opposition People Power Party (PPP) leader Lee Jun-seok during a courtesy visit to Lee at the National Assembly in Seoul, July 12. Korea Times photo by Oh Dae-geun. Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, a strong presidential hopeful of the opposition bloc, said Thursday in his interview with the JoongAng Ilbo that he believed Korea's diplomacy strategy should be based on the solid foundation of the Korea-U.S. alliance and that Seoul should seek a horizontal relationship with China based on that. "Based on the solid foundation of the Korea-U.S. alliance, we need to strengthen cooperative relations with countries that share common values," Yoon said. "Establishing horizontal relations with China is possible only through this framework of international cooperation."
Political circles demand Japan's formal apology over diplomat's lewd comment about President Moon
Politicians here have criticized a senior Japanese diplomat's "highly inappropriate" remarks about President Moon Jae-in, urging the Japanese government to make a formal apology. Hirohisa Soma, the deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, reportedly ridiculed the president's efforts to hold a summit with Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on the sidelines of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, describing it as "masturbating." He made the remark during a meeting with a reporter from a local cable network. A few hours after the report came to light Friday evening, Japanese Ambassador to Korea Koichi Aiboshi issued a statement expressing regret over Soma's inappropriate comments. Aiboshi was also summoned to the Korean foreign ministry to face an official complaint from Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun. "Vice Minister Choi strongly urged Aiboshi to swiftly take tangible, corresponding measures to avoid the repetition of any similar incident," the ministry said in a statement Saturday.
Chosun Ilbo (http://english.chosun.com)
Japan Overtakes Korea in COVID Inoculations
Japan has overtaken Korea in terms of the coronavirus inoculations despite being glacially slow to start the process. On June 18, Japan overtook Korea in terms of the proportion of people who had been fully vaccinated, and on July 11 it soared ahead in terms of the percentage who had at least their first jab. Vaccination in Korea has virtually ground to a halt due to a shortage of vaccines. According to Our World in Data, 30.89 percent of the Korean population had received at least their first shot as of Wednesday, but Japan was ahead by 0.86 percentage at 31.75 percent. Korea's vaccination rate began slowing down around June 20 and has now ground to a virtual halt amid a shortage of vaccines which the government refuses to admit. Japan outpaced Korea by about seven percentage points in terms of the proportion of fully vaccinated people, which stood at 19.79 percent as of Wednesday, compared to Korea's measly 12.06 percent. The two countries had been neck and neck earlier.
COVID Breaks out on Korean Anti-Piracy Ship off Africa
Six sailors aboard the destroyer Munmu the Great that is on an anti-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa have tested positive for coronavirus. Another 80 others also have symptoms, the Joint Chiefs of Staff here said Thursday. The destroyer carries about 300 personnel and crew who typically sleep in tightly enclosed cabins with a central ventilation system, making it a perfect breeding ground for infections. None of the crew had been vaccinated. The JCS immediately put its operations on hold. President Moon Jae-in ordered medical staff and supplies to be airlifted as soon as possible. The current rotation of the Navy's Cheonghae anti-piracy unit was dispatched to the Gulf of Aden off Somalia in February and was to be relieved of its duties early next month.
Korea to Have Final Pre-Olympics Warm-up Against France
Korea is to have its final warm-up match against France on Friday ahead of the Summer Olympic Games, which are set to kick off in Tokyo next week. In an online press conference on Thursday, Kim Hak-bum, manager of the men's U-23 national football team, said defender Kim Min-jae, one of three wild card players, will not be able to play in the match. Although Kim Min-jae is on Korea's final 18-member roster for the Olympics, it is not yet certain that he will be able to go to Tokyo, as Beijing Buoan, his club, have refused to release him for the event. "If there is a 1 percent chance that we can take him [to the Olympics], I will not give it up. I ask fans for a little more patience," the manager said. Kim Min-jae wasn't even named among the replacements for a friendly against Argentina on Tuesday and had to watch the match from the stands.
HanKyoReh Shinmun (http://english.hani.co.kr)
“Local,” “eco” are new travel keywords amid COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing our travel culture. Virtual tourism, ecotourism, and local tourism are some types of travel that have come into the spotlight. There’s also growing interest about “sustainable travel” that can protect communities and our environment. Now that COVID-19 has brought us to this unexpected transition in tourism, how should we prepare for the future of travel? How much will tourism change after COVID-19? On July 2, the Hankyoreh organized an online chat about those questions with Kim Min-cheol, travel writer and author of “We Can’t Forget Ourselves”; Hong Yu-jin, travel writer and author of “Car Camping Starts Today”; and Eum Seong-won, head of media policy for Airbnb Korea and author of “The Reconstitution of the City.”
Kim-Trump summit in Hanoi could have eliminated 80% of N. Korea’s nuclear capacity, a report says
If the second North Korea-US summit, held in Hanoi at the end of Feb. 2019, had succeeded and North Korea had dismantled its Yongbyon nuclear plant, a symbol of the North’s nuclear program, it would have eliminated 80% of the North’s capacity for producing nuclear weapons, a new report finds.
That’s the conclusion of “DPRK Strategic Capabilities and Security on the Korean Peninsula: Looking Ahead,” a report published on Wednesday by the UK’s International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and Russia’s Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS). After assessing North Korea’s capacity for producing plutonium and highly enriched uranium, which are necessary for the manufacture of nuclear weapons, the researchers said, “We therefore assess that dismantling all Yongbyon facilities, as discussed at the Hanoi summit in February 2019, would significantly reduce Pyongyang’s capability to make weapons-usable fissile materials.
Osaka gallery hosting “comfort women” exhibition receives threatening mail including liquid labeled “sarin”
An Osaka gallery was threatened with a toxic gas terrorist attack amid frictions over the exhibition “After ‘Freedom of Expression?’,” where the display of a statue symbolizing victims of wartime sexual enslavement by the Japanese military has led members of the local right-wing to use intimidation tactics in an attempt to force the event’s cancellation. According to a Kyodo News report Thursday, a package containing liquid and a document including the word “sarin” was delivered Wednesday to the Osaka Prefectural Labor Center (L-Osaka), where the Kansai exhibition of “After ‘Freedom of Expression?’” is taking place from Friday to Sunday. A highly toxic nerve agent, sarin is a focus of particular fear in Japan due to its associations with a 1995 terrorist attack in which sarin gas was spread in the Tokyo subway by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult.
The Dong-A Ilbo (http://english.donga.com/)
Beijing sent over 50 defectors in detention back to N. Korea
The Chinese government sent more than 50 North Korean defectors who had been in detention in Shenyang, Liaoning Province back to North Korea, Radio Free Asia reported on Friday. China had sought to repatriate them to the North since April, but Pyongyang reportedly declined to receive them several times due to concern over possible inflow of Covid-19 patients, which resulted in delays. RFA said the ill-fated defectors will most likely face execution in the North. The Chinese authority sent North Korean defectors, who had been detained at the Shenyang Detention Center for one or two years, via the customs office in Dandong, China on July 14. According to the RFA report, the defectors were carried in two buses, and dozens of Chinese police officers were watching them around the customs office from early in the morning, while blocking people from taking photos or video.
Frontrunner for next German chancellor got caught laughing
A promising candidate for the next German chancellor apologized for joking and laughing during a visit to a town hit by the worst flood in history that killed over 150. Mournful residents of the town criticized politicians for making hollow visits and called them “disgusting.” According to AFT on Saturday, Armin Laschet, leader of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) and premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, visited Erftstadt devastated by flooding on that day. He is the front runner in the race to succeed Angela Merkel when her term ends in September. He chatted with others in the background for some 20 seconds while German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier gave a speech expressing sympathy for flood victims.
A week before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics
There were two different atmospheres at the Main Press Center (MPC) for the Tokyo Olympics, where I visited first among many facilities for the Olympics after finishing my three-day self-isolation that began upon entering Japan on July 12. With a week left until the opening of the Olympics, the center was calm and quiet. But once the Olympics begin, it will be crowded with thousands of reporters. It almost looked like the calm before the storm as there could be a lot of confusion over COVID-19 guidelines and administrative support as the Games begin. In order to get to the MPC located at Tokyo Big Sight, the biggest international exhibition center in Japan, one needs to take the bus provided by the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee at a bus stop near each hotel and get off at the Media Transport Mall in front of the International Broadcasting Center.
TheKyungHyangShinmun (http://english.khan.co.kr/)
The Carelessness of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Led to the COVID Outbreak in the Cheonghae Unit
Six people tested positive for COVID-19 on the Navy destroyer, Munmu the Great (4,440-ton), raising an alarm in the military. They were among the 34th contingent of the Cheonghae Unit deployed in the Gulf of Aden in Africa. The Joint Chiefs of Staff was careless not to vaccinate the soldiers in the Cheonghae Unit and the response was passive, authorities only conducting rapid tests despite that some soldiers showed COVID-19 symptoms. Experts pointed out that these factors simultaneously worsened the situation. There are many closed spaces in the warship and the ventilation facilities are all connected, so there are concerns of a massive cluster of transmission. On July 15, the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced, “A multiple number of patients in the Cheonghae Unit showed cold symptoms on July 10. A sample test of six soldiers was conducted on July 13 and all six were confirmed positive on July 15.
Number of COVID-19 Cases Reaches 1,600 for the Second Day: Number of Cases Outside the Greater Seoul Area Surpasses 400 for the First Time
The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight July 15, they have confirmed 1,600 new cases of COVID-19 from the previous day. This is the second largest number of cases since the COVID outbreak in South Korea, following the previous day’s number of 1,615 cases. Among the new cases, 1,555 were transmitted in the local community, while 45 were from overseas. A regional analysis showed that 70.6% (1,098) of the cases were confirmed in the Seoul metropolitan area--518 in Seoul, 491 in Gyeonggi, and 89 in Incheon. Outside the capital area, authorities confirmed 63 cases in Busan, 50 in Daegu, 21 in Gwangju, 59 in Daejeon, 18 in Ulsan, 2 in Sejong, 24 in Gangwon, 12 in Chungcheongbuk-do, 51 in Chungcheongnam-do, 23 in Jeollabuk-do, 26 in Jeollanam-do, 13 in Gyeongsangbuk-do, 86 in Gyeongsangnam-do, and 9 in Jeju. Two more patients died of COVID-19, bringing the total up to 2,050 deaths (1.18% fatality rate). Four more patients are in serious condition, bringing the total to 167 patients.
Yoon Seok-youl’s Approval Rating Falls Below 30%, While Lee Jae-myung and Lee Nak-yon’s Ratings Rise the Steepest This Year: What about the Gap Between the
Mixed forecasts have been made for major presidential candidates who are ahead in the approval ratings. Yoon Seok-youl, former prosecutor general who was ahead among opposition candidates, saw his support fall below 30% in just four months, while support for Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung and former leader of the Democratic Party of Korea Lee Nak-yon is making a record-breaking climb this year, according to a recent survey. In the case of a two-way race, the gap between the support for each candidate was within the margin of error. On July 15, the survey firm Realmeter announced the results of a survey on the public’s preference in future presidential candidates. The company conducted a survey of 2,036 respondents nationwide in the second week of July (12-13) upon request from OhmyNews. The results showed that 27.8% supported former Prosecutor General Yoon, 26.4% Governor Lee, and 15.6% former ruling party leader Lee.
Maeil Business News Korea (http://www.pulsenews.co.kr/)
Korean recovery in domestic spending hits snag amid Covid resurgence
The resurgence of Covid-19 cases is adding uncertainty to the recovery path of South Korea’s domestic spending, warned the Ministry of Economy and Finance in its latest economic outlook report published on Friday. The ministry said the uncertainty is growing in its monthly report again as the country has set records for new cases in the past week. Until last month, the ministry had been confident about economic recovery on brisk export growth and a rebound in domestic spending, with the job market recovering from slumps. Although expectations for global economic recovery remain high, inflation concerns are also rising while new Covid-19 variants are rapidly spreading across the world, said the ministry.
Korean cement industry goes green with 2050 target for carbon neutrality
South Korea’s cement industry is another manufacturing sector in the country that is actively turning green by recycling materials to move more quickly toward carbon neutrality as part of efforts to ramp up environment, social and governance (ESG) investments. More than 90 percent of local cement manufacturers are increasing their ESG investments and replacing coal with recycled materials to produce cement in a more eco-friendly way, according to data from the Korea Cement Association. The country’s No. 1 player in the industry, Ssangyong C&E Co. has set a goal of completely phasing out of coal within five years in its cement production.
Kakao Entertainment to merge with Melon for greater global reach
Kakao Entertainment Corp. will merge with its sibling Melon Company Corp., South Korea’s top music streaming platform operator, to create a content and entertainment giant worth $17.5 billion to speed up its global reach. The merger comes just four months after Kakao Entertainment was officially launched as Kakao Corp.’s content subsidiary from the merger of Kakao’s webtoon and web novel unit Kakao Page and its talent management and content production unit Kakao M. Kakao Entertainment and Melon Company approved the merger plan at each board meeting on Thursday, the duo announced on the same day. One share of Melon Company will be exchanged with 7.83 shares of Kakao Entertainment.
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