[포토타임] President Yun’s housewarming, hello! I am the new president

On the afternoon of the 19th, President Yoon Seok-yeol invited about 400 people, including local residents, children, and small business owners, to the lawn yard in front of the Yongsan Presidential Office building and held a ‘house-in’. ‘hello! The event, titled ‘I am the new president,’ was prepared to commemorate the completion of the remodeling of the office building following the relocation of the office. In his welcome speech, President Yoon said, “I am very grateful for allowing me and the staff of the presidential office to move into Yongsan and welcoming them happily.” President Yun’s wife, Kim Kun-hee, was originally scheduled to attend the event as a ‘married couple’, but she did not attend. She explained that in the presidential office, she “we had to take care of it, so I decided not to attend,” she explained.

Many citizens and tourists are cooling off from the heat at Haeundae Beach in Busan on the 19th while a heat wave warning continues in the Yeongnam region. The Korea Meteorological Administration predicted that tomorrow, while the whole country will be mostly cloudy, showers will fall in the eastern part of Jeollabuk-do and inland of Yeongnam in the afternoon, and that it will rain on Jeju Island in the evening due to the monsoon front.

On the afternoon of the 19th, vehicles line up to refuel at a gas station at the Giheung Service Area in the Busan direction of the Gyeongbu Expressway, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do. The government held an emergency economy ministers meeting at the government complex in Seoul on the same day and decided to expand the range of fuel tax cuts to 37%, the maximum allowed by law, from July to the end of the year to respond to high oil prices. In the second half of the year, the credit card tax deduction rate for public transportation will be raised from 40% to 80%.

Sparrows cool off from the heat by bathing at Namdaecheon Stream in Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, on the 19th. Today (19th), a heat wave warning was issued for Yeongnam and Honam areas as the daytime maximum temperature rose to 29 degrees in Seoul, 31 degrees in Gangneung, 35 degrees in Gyeongju, and 32 degrees in Gwangju. Next week, the rainy season will begin in Jeju Island and the southern regions. On the evening of the 20th, it will start raining on Jeju Island, and on Tuesday it will spread to the southern regions.

Citizens look around the French art market at the 2022 French Street Music Festival (Fête de la Musique) held in Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 19th. ‘Fête de la Musique’ is an annual festival held throughout France during the summer solstice since 1982 and is held around the world. In Korea, the event was held again after 3 years due to COVID-19.

The price of gasoline and diesel sold at domestic gas stations is breaking new records every day, exceeding the 2,100 won per liter (liter) level. According to Korea National Oil Corporation’s oil price information service Opinet on the 19th, the average selling price of gasoline and diesel at gas stations nationwide as of 4 pm the previous day was 2,104.63 won and 2,112.50 won per liter, respectively. The photo shows a gas station in downtown Seoul that day.

On the 19th, Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North Korean Workers’ Party, said, “A year has passed since the decision on guaranteeing nutritious food, including dairy products, to children across the country as a national burden at the 3rd plenary session of the 8th Party Central Committee was adopted. done,” he reported. “The project to establish and expand milk production bases in all cities and counties across the country has been strongly promoted and the production capacity has been expanded, opening up the prospect of supplying delicious and nutritious milk products to children all over the country.” .