Korea 24 - 2022.03.23

Korea24 &ndash; 2022.03.23. (Wednesday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: President Moon Jae-in has nominated a senior official from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to head the nation&#039;s central bank, with the incumbent governor&#039;s term set to expire next week. But the camp of President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol has disputed claims by a presidential official that they had been consulted on the nomination. <br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis: Last Thursday, the Korean government greenlit allowing large companies to enter the secondhand used car market. This will allow domestic carmakers to buy and sell their used cars, but there has been strong opposition from small businesses in the market, who argue that such a change could crowd them out. To delve into the government&#039;s decision and its ramifications, Kim Da-sol (김다솔), reporter for the Korea Herald joins us on the line. <br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Walter Lee:<br /> 1. Search and rescue workers have yet to find any survivors of the China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in Guangxi, China, on Monday. (中 여객기 추락 사고 원인 불명확&hellip;생존자 아직 미발견)<br /> 2. A district court has fined a woman 3 million won for killing her husband&rsquo;s dog by throwing it out the window of their apartment after he had asked for a divorce. (애견동호회서 만난 아내, &ldquo;이혼하자&rdquo;는 남편의 반려견 죽였다)<br /> 3. The Samsung Foundation of Culture has announced it will support the conservation treatment of a photo album and two calligraphy works left by the Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun. (삼성문화재단, 안중근 의사 유물 보존처리 지원)<br /> <br /> Korea Book Club: This week we look at &#039;Love in the Big City (대도시의 사랑법)&#039; by Park Sang-Young (박상영), one of two Korean books that were recently longlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize and both of which were translated by our monthly contributor, Anton Hur. Our contributor this week, Barry Welsh, tells us how this story of a young gay man in 21st Century Korea has connecting with readers and their experiences of millennial life i