Today's Major News

1. Kim Seung-won, candidate for Minister of Justice, stated that he is confident about hiring the son of a senior judge—who appeared in allegations of lobbying involving the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety—as a legislative assistant in his office, explaining that he was selected through an open interview. Police have launched a full-scale investigation, conducting their first questioning of the complainant regarding the lobbying allegations.

2. As the U.S. Producer Price Index for August showed a high rate of increase, expectations are growing that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates next week. All three major New York stock indices declined, and the won-dollar exchange rate in the Seoul foreign exchange market approached 1,350 won.

3. An influenza epidemic advisory has been issued as flu patients have been increasing at an unusually rapid rate since late summer. Last week, suspected flu patients exceeded 3.8 times the number from a year ago, and hospitalized patients reached 13 times that figure.

4. The second batch of eight emergency relief workers arrived in Nepal today (September 11) and will be intensively deployed for reconstruction and recovery activities. The first batch, previously dispatched with 44 members, is scheduled to return to Korea tomorrow morning after completing ten days of operations.
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