It was belatedly known that some of President Moon Jae-in’s Middle East tour delegation had tested positive for COVID-19.
A Blue House official said that as a result of the PCR test received immediately after returning to Korea, some of the tour troupes that boarded the private plane were confirmed positive.
It is known that the confirmed person came from the bodyguard, but a Blue House official said that specific information could not be disclosed.
The official said that no additional cases of infection were found, and that the possibility that President Moon had close contact was not true.
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According to the National Statistical Office, last year, industrial production, consumption and investment increased compared to the previous year, recording a triple increase in four years.
Statistics Korea explained that the production index for all industries last year was 112.5, an increase of 4.8% from the previous year, the largest increase in 11 years since 2010.
It is said that the triple increase in annual production, consumption, and investment increased all at once in four years since 2017.
Experts said that even considering the base effect, when indicators deteriorated in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 crisis, it can be seen that the economy showed a strong recovery last year.
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The Yongsan Police Station in Seoul has booked a resident of an apartment in Yongsan-gu, who called several times to the house upstairs to protest the noise between floors, on charges of violating the Stalking Punishment Act.
Person A is suspected of calling a woman B, who lives just upstairs, through the intercom several times at the end of last year to protest the noise between floors.
Mr. B reported to 112 that Mr. A was constantly contacting him and felt fear, and the police started an investigation after seeing that it was a violation of the Stalking Punishment Act.
