Korea 24 - 2022.04.22
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Korea24 – 2022.04.22. (Friday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: Rival political parties have accepted a compromise proposed by the National Assembly Speaker, Park Byeong-seug, on the controversial prosecutorial reform bills, with a related plenary session to take place next week. Meanwhile, Prosecutor General Kim O-su and his deputies have handed in their resignations en masse in protest. (KOO Hee-jin)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis (Weekly Economy Review): Economics Professor Yang Jun-sok from the Catholic University of Korea joins us on the line discuss to discuss various economic issues of the week, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revising down its economic growth forecast for South Korea this year, Seoul announcing that it was joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership(CPTPP), and three International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions on workers’ rights coming into effect in Korea from Wednesday.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Walter Lee:<br /> 1. ‘Eulji OB Bear’, the oldest pub in Seoul’s Euljiro Nogari Alley, has been forcibly cleared after being in business for 42 years. (을지로 노가리골목에서만 42년…'을지OB베어' 강제 철거됐다)<br /> 2. A lion gave some 30 passengers on a local safari tour the scare of their lives after it rammed the vehicle, shattering the glass on one of its doors. (사파리 트램에 사자가 ‘쾅’…30여 명 대피)<br /> 3. Starting from Friday, baseball fans will be allowed to vocally cheer for their clubs in all stadiums across the nation, but only if they are wearing masks. (KBO, 오늘(22일)부터 육성응원 허용…고척돔 취식은 25일 이후 재개)<br /> <br /> Movie Spotlight: Film critics Jason Bechervaise and Marc Raymond join us in the studio this week to review the action-adventure-romantic-comedy ‘The Lost City’, and local psychological-horror ‘Anchor’. They also discuss how the latter is the first of many commercial releases coming from major studios, signaling a post-pandemic bounceback fo
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Korea 24 - 2022.04.22
Altaf Sugat