Today's Major News

1. A National Assembly Special Committee hearing is underway to investigate the shortage of ballot papers at the National Election Commission. However, due to a standoff between the ruling and opposition parties over the recount schedule for the Olympic Park counting center, questioning of key witnesses has not yet taken place.

2. More than 2,500 complaints have been submitted to the government just five days after the announcement of the real estate tax reform proposals. The Democratic Party, which plans to hold its first meeting of the housing market stabilization task force this week, intends to review supplementary measures, such as expanding exceptions for single-home owners who do not reside in their properties.

3. The extreme heatwaves have subsided temporarily, but the heat remains persistent nationwide. With heatwave advisories issued for most regions, daytime weather will remain sultry, with the perceived temperature in Seoul reaching 33°C (91°F) today.

4. Candidate Kim Min-seok took first place with 48.5% of the vote in the Democratic Party national convention's regional primary tour for Gangwon and Daegu-North Gyeongsang provinces. For the cumulative vote tally of the second week of the regional primaries, candidate Kim Min-seok is leading candidate Jeong Cheong-rae by about 1.5 percentage points, continuing an ultra-close race.
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