
Korea 24 - 2021.11.05
Altaf Sugat
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Korea24 – 2021.11.05. (Friday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: Former Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok-youl has won the presidential nomination of the main opposition People Power Party(PPP). In the party’s presidential primary, Yoon grabbed 47-point-85 percent of votes cast in polls of party members and the general public carried out this week. Rep. Hong Joon-pyo garnered 41-point-five percent. (Koo Hee-jin)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis (Korean Politics Digest): After a gruelling and contentious primary campaign, the People Power Party have chosen the former Prosecutor General and political outsider Yoon Seok-youl as their presidential candidate. He will now face the ruling Democratic Party’s nominee Lee Jae-myung next March. Affiliate Professor Kim Byung-joo from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies joins us to provide analysis of this result, and to look ahead to the race.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Walter Lee:<br /> 1. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in an appeals court for the adoptive mother of a 16-month-old girl known as Jeong-in, who died last October after suffering from months of abuse. ('정인이 사건' 양모 2심서도 사형 구형…검찰 "지옥서 생활")<br /> 2. Starting from the end of this month, the government will normalize the entry of foreign workers on the E-9 visa, lifting COVID-19 related restrictions. ('위드 코로나'로 한발씩…외국인 근로자도 입국 정상화)<br /> 3. Amid the shortage of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) in Korea, stories of generous acts by people offering the fluid for free or at a low cost has been trending. ("생계 걸린 일, 돈 장난 안해"…요소수 대란 속 당근마켓 나눔글 '훈훈')<br /> <br /> Movie Spotlight: The latest Marvel blockbuster ‘Eternals’ (이터널스) has hit cinemas, starring Korean action star Ma Dong-suk (aka Don Lee) among the film's long cast list. Helmed by the Oscar winning director Chloe Zhao, we’ll see what critics Jason Bechervaise and Darcy Paquet think of the film, along with their review of the 1820&rsquo