1. Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Yoon-deok and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hun met today (the 26th) for the second time following last week to coordinate differences over potential housing supply sites in Seoul. However, with Mayor Oh strongly opposing the housing supply issue in Yongsan Park, which is the core agenda, they once again failed to reach an agreement. There are also projections that Yongsan Park will be excluded from the new public housing district set to be announced as early as the end of next month due to opposition from the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Ahead of today's meeting, Minister Kim Yoon-deok stated, "Yongsan was not originally included in the scheduled announcement areas." Minister Kim added, "There are still insufficient details to make a specific agreement regarding the housing supply in Yongsan Park, but we will actively review the Tancheon Water Reclamation Center site proposed by Seoul as an alternative location."
2. A 20-year-old Chinese female international student who entered the country to attend her graduate school commencement ceremony was found dead five days after going missing. Student A, a Chinese national who entered the country on the 14th, lost contact late in the afternoon on the 20th, the day of the graduation ceremony, leading to a missing person report. Following a search, police found Student A dead at the home of a 30-year-old male acquaintance of Chinese nationality, surnamed Jeong. Police believe Jeong murdered Student A, and arrested and are currently questioning him last night. Before his arrest, Jeong reportedly disguised himself in women's clothing and traveled as far as Dongdaegu Station, and police have reportedly uncovered that he also mutilated and abandoned part of the body.
3. Regarding reports that China used formaldehyde, a Group 1 carcinogen, in cabbage cultivation, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that tests on eight shipments of Chinese cabbage imported over the two days since the 24th showed no formaldehyde detected. The ministry added that it is inspecting all imported Chinese cabbage for formaldehyde content at the customs clearance stage starting from the 24th, and is also conducting tests on kimchi and salted cabbage by manufacturing facility.
4. U.S. President Donald Trump stated that all mines within the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz have been cleared. President Trump made the announcement on social media, revealing that he received such a report from the U.S. Navy. He also added, "We have notified Iran that any vessels laying new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed." This is seen as an effort to emphasize U.S. influence over the Strait of Hormuz amid the economic sanctions initiated against Iran. Meanwhile, Russia's state-run RIA Novosti news agency, citing a Pakistani military source, reported that the United States and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire.
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