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Democratic Party of Korea whip offices scheduled a marathon floor debate on the broadcast act package, signaling a filibuster before Thursday’s plenary vote on public-media governance changes.
Ambassador Park Ki-chang landed in Seoul on October 10 after the foreign ministry recalled him over President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's public comments on two North Korean POWs transferred from Ukraine.
Seoul pulled its envoy home for consultations after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed that two North Korean prisoners of war had been sent to South Korea, breaking a confidentiality understanding.
Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung ordered an inspection of a Gwangju regional chief who criticized Kim Ji-yong, the career prosecutor tapped to lead the agency that replaced the old prosecution service.
President Lee Jae Myung told transnational crime units to destroy offshore servers hosting illegal gambling and sexual-exploitation material if normal blocking fails, endorsing a Democratic Party push for so-called legal hacking powers.
The National Assembly trade panel summoned SK Innovation, S-Oil, and HD Hyundai Oilbank to explain naphtha hedge disclosures after petrochemical clients complained about opaque formula pricing.
