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This is Kim Ji Eun,
And We start with the top headlines at this hour
#1
The government has issued a return-to-work deadline of February 29th
for trainee doctors who have staged walkouts from hospitals
to protest an increase in medical school admissions.
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong in a briefing on Tuesday
warned doctors of consequences if they do not comply with the government.
Prosecutors met with representatives from the police on Monday
to strategize addressing the collective action
taken by members of the medical community.
The Korean Medical Association criticized the government,
saying that suspending licenses and taking legal action against residents
would further worsen the situation
and eliminate any chance of their return to hospitals.
Amid the ongoing standoff between the government and doctors,
the KMA announced a massive rally planned for March 3,
with 20-thousand doctors expected to attend.
As of Tuesday,
80-point-5 percent of the nation's 13-thousand trainee doctors
from 100 training hospitals nationwide,
have handed in resignation letters.
#2
The South Korean government
is set to free 339 square kilometers of land
from military installation protection zones for public and private development.
President Yoon Suk Yeol announced this on Monday
at Seosan Airbase in Chungcheongnam-do Province
while there for a policy discussion with citizens,
explaining that the government considered the demands of the public
while also keeping national security in mind.
Around the airbase alone, which is the country's biggest air force base,
141 square kilometers will be freed from the military protection zone.
President Yoon added that with a new airport being built in the city of Seosan, and the lifting of protection zones,
he hopes that the province can utilize the land to promote projects
that the local government deems to be the best.
#3
Moving on,
Seoul's Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kang In-sun reminded North Korea that
its nuclear and missile programs were an immediate challenge
to the international community and urged the regime to stop its provocations.
In a speech at the UN Conference on Disarmament
held in Geneva on Monday,
Vice Minister Kang highlighted
the North's illicit nuclear and missile programs,
which she called "the most urgent task for international peace and security."
#4
Europe's biggest mobile and telecommunications trade show is back.
The 2024 edition of the Mobile World Congress
hosted in Barcelona every year, kicked off on Monday local time.
Among the firms unveiling their latest technology is South Korean tech giant, Samsung Electronics,
with its new 'Galaxy Ring' that tracks health data in your sleep.
#5
On the entertainment front.
HYBE, the management agency of BTS,
has become the first Korean entertainment company
to reach 2 trillion Korean won in annual revenue.
The company on Monday
reported an annual revenue of 2-point-17 trillion won,
which is around 1-point-63 billion U.S. dollars,
and an operating profit of 2-hundred-22 million dollars for the year 2023.
Moving to the weather forecast,
We are expecting a repeat of yesterday's weather in most places,
there will be big temperature differences between lows and highs.
Temperatures in fact, stay in a similar range through Thursday
but rain on the last workday of the week will bring a big drop in readings.
Now back to today's forecast,
snow flurries in east of Gangwon-do this morning
should let up but mountainous regions on Jeju will see 1 to 3 more centimeters of snow through late this afternoon.
The rest of the country will be under partly sunny skies all day.
The current temperature are
__________ Degrees in Seoul
__________ Degrees in Daejeon
__________ Degrees in Daegu
__________ Degrees in Busan
And _________ Degrees on Jejudo island
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