Korea 24 - 2021.09.16

Korea24 &ndash; 2021.09.16. (Thursday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un criticized South Korean President Moon Jae-in for his remarks on the North during his inspection of a missile test. Meanwhile, North Korea&#039;s state media reported on Thursday that the previous day&#039;s missile test was conducted by a railway-borne missile regiment. (Koo Hee-jin) <br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis (Korean Politics Digest): Last week the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) booked presidential hopeful and former Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok-youl to investigate allegations of political meddling. We&rsquo;ll get reaction to this escalating controversy from Affiliate Professor Kim Byung-joo from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He&rsquo;ll also provide his thoughts on the latest from the presidential primaries of the two main rival parties, including Chung Sye-kyun&rsquo;s decision to drop out of the race for the ruling Democratic Party, and Choe Jae-hyeong of the main opposition People Power Party disbanding his presidential campaign.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Jung Ye-won: An individual in their 80&rsquo;s in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, collapsed in their home and spent seven hours unattended after the first department failed to respond to two 119 calls (119 기다리며 대문도 열어놨는데‥80대 노인 7시간 방치). Meanwhile, a middle school girl who was kidnapped into a vehicle by 5 men in Hongdae, Seoul, turns out to have been used as a money collector for a voice phishing ring (홍대 인근서 여중생 납치 후 2700만원 뺏은 &lsquo;보이스피싱 조직 사주&rsquo; 괴한 5인&hellip;검찰 송치). And Elon Musk&rsquo;s aerospace manufacturer SpaceX has launched a spacecraft into space carrying an all-amateur crew, starting a 3-day journey orbiting the earth (&quot;머스크 스페이스X 우주관광 차원이 다르다&quot;&hellip;민간인 4명 고도 575km 비행)<br /> <br /> Explore Korea: Starting this week, we begin a new travel series with Hannah and Allie from Moon Bear Travel introducing locations featured in the Korea