Yonhap News Summary: Extreme Heat, Dokdo Drills, Stock Drop, Defectors, and Danuri Orbiter
A roundup of major news stories from Yonhap News Agency covering government heat wave mobilization, naval exercises, financial market drops, defector statistics, and lunar observations.
En resumen
Yonhap News Agency reports on South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordering resources mobilization against extreme heat, Navy Dokdo defense drills, a 4 percent stock tumble, defector statistics, and Danuri filming a SpaceX rocket moon collision.
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Por qué importa
The reports cover a compilation of daily national, economic, defense, and space events in South Korea.
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.
■ Lee orders full mobilization of resources to minimize damage from extreme heat
SEOUL -- President Lee Jae Myung instructed the government Thursday to mobilize all of its resources to minimize damage from a record-breaking heat wave gripping the nation.
Lee issued the order at a meeting with relevant ministers and heads of local governments as temperatures climbed to near 40 C in many parts of the country, with the southeastern city of Yangsan posting the highest recorded temperature of 42.5 C on Sunday.
■ S. Korea stages defense drills near Dokdo for 1st time this year
SEOUL -- The South Korean Navy on Thursday conducted defense drills near the country's easternmost islets of Dokdo, marking the first such exercise this year, the armed service said.
"Our military has conducted East Sea defense drills on a regular basis each year," the Navy said, adding the exercise was aimed at responding to threats against the country's territory, people and property.
■ (LEAD) Seoul shares tumble over 4 pct on tech losses amid lingering AI concerns
SEOUL -- South Korean stocks tumbled more than 4 percent Thursday due to losses in tech shares amid lingering concerns over profitability of artificial intelligence (AI) spending. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 4.58 percent, or 301.88 points, to close at 6,296.38, after falling as low as 6,238.32.
■ 63 N. Korean defectors arrive in S. Korea in 1st half, down 35 pct on-year
SEOUL -- A total of 63 North Korean defectors entered South Korea for resettlement in the first half of the year, down nearly 35 percent from a year earlier, the unification ministry said Thursday.
The tally -- 59 women and four men -- brought the cumulative number of North Korean defectors in the South to 34,600, compared with 96 during the same period last year, according to the ministry.
■ S. Korea's Danuri orbiter successfully films moon collision of SpaceX rocket
SEOUL -- South Korea's first lunar orbiter, Danuri, successfully filmed the moment when debris of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slammed into the moon early this week, the country's space agency said Thursday.
The upper portion of the rocket collided with the lunar surface near the Einstein Crater at 3:34 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Korea Aerospace Agency (KASA).
Preguntas abiertas
- What specific measures will the government take against the heat wave?
- How will KOSPI recover from tech losses?
