Today's Major News

1. Torrential Rain of Over 100mm per Hour Hits Geoje; Successive Damage in Jeonnam and Gwangju

Overnight, heavy downpours exceeding 100mm per hour slammed Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, prompting evacuation orders for residents. Over the weekend, flooding and related damage occurred consecutively in the Jeonnam and Gwangju regions.

2. Kim Min-seok Claims First Place in Seoul and Gyeonggi Following Honam; Party Leader to Be Elected Today

Democratic Party leadership candidate Kim Min-seok secured first place in the party's regional convention primaries for Seoul and Gyeonggi. The cumulative vote share gap between candidate Kim and second-place candidate Chung Cheong-rae stands at 8.4 percentage points, and the Democratic Party will announce the final results today, August 17, combining delegate votes and public opinion poll outcomes.

3. Trade Minister Kim Jung-kwan Visits the U.S.: "Doing Our Utmost to Maintain the 15% Tariff Ceiling"

Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jung-kwan has visited the United States once again within three weeks to coordinate a USD 200 billion investment project targeting the U.S. Regarding concerns that the U.S. might impose tariffs exceeding 15%, he stated that he would not prejudge the situation and would do his utmost.

4. "Even Disposed Assets Subject to Recovery": Pro-Japanese Property Committee Revived After 16 Years

A legal body tasked with investigating and recovering properties from pro-Japanese, anti-national collaborators is being revived after 16 years. Assets already disposed of by the descendants of pro-Japanese collaborators will also be subject to tracking, and new provisions for reward money have been established.
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