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Podcast: Focus on Headline
Episode: Focus on Headline 12/29/2023
Description: 1. President Yoon Suk Yeol appointed four ministers and the chief of the broadcasting watchdog on Friday. Finance Minister {μ΅μλͺ©}Choi Sang-mok, Agriculture Minister {μ‘λ―Έλ Ή}Song Mi-ryung, Ocean Minister {κ°λν}Kang Do-hyung and SMEs Minister {μ€μμ£Ό}Oh Young-ju were appointed.
2. The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld two separate rulings in favor of South Koreans forced into wartime labor under Japan's colonial rule. The top court handed down the decisions on two suits filed against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Nippon Steel Corporation between 2013 and 2014.
3. According to Statistics Korea on Friday, consumer prices rose 3.6 percent on-year in 2023, slowing from a 5.1 percent gain in 2022. Inflation in De...