NK Rocket Parts
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수정 2012.12.14 (16:08)
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[Anchor Lead]
The South Korean military has successfully retrieved parts of the recently launched North Korean rocket from the sea. Here's more.
[Pkg]
The Korean military successfully retrieved the North's long range rocket section that fell into the Yellow Sea on the peninsula's west coast. The National Defense Ministry announced that a remainder of the rocket which appeared to be the fuel tank of its first-stage propellant was fished out from the sea at 12:26 a.m., December 14. The procedure began on December 13 at 4 p.m. and took about eight-and-a-half hours. A deep sea diver swam down 80 meters below the sea surface to connect a crane rope of the Cheonghaejin ship to the leftover section to haul it out. Military authorities transferred the piece to the Navy's second fleet where it’s undergoing close examination by specialists including those from the Agency for Defense Development.
[Soundbite] Prof. Lee Chang-jin(Konkuk University) : "By determining the capacity of the propellant's tank, we can figure out how far the rocket can travel. It can provide us with crucial data such as how much fuel is burned per second and its performance level."
Meanwhile, North Korea's Korean Central News Agency reported that the North's supreme leader Kim Jong-un directed the launching of the Unha-3 rocket on-site himself. The North Korean news agency said that Kim issued his final order to launch the rocket at 8 a.m. December 12, and later visited the control center at 9 a.m. to observe the rocket's lift off. At the launch site, the communist ruler is said to have stated that North Korea has secured its position as a nation with an advanced space program and must continue launching satellites in the future.
2. Campaign Allegations
[Anchor Lead]
The National Election Commission has launched a probe into allegations that the ruling Saenuri Party has carried out illegal campaign activities from an unregistered office.
[Pkg]
Officials from the National Election Commission raid a studio apartment in Yeouido, Seoul. The office has several monitors set up, and on the wall, there's a sign saying that there is only six days are left before the presidential election. A poster entitled "President War Room" shows an organization chart. On the desks, there are dozens of appointment certificates with the name of Saenuri Party presidential candidate Park Geun-hye written on them. In a room divided into several sections, young people sit in front of the computers. On a desk in the largest room, there are papers describing the Saenuri Party's social networking strategies as well as a stack of business cards that is made out to the head of the social networking media division in Park Geun-hye's camp. The National Election Commission says if the office is found to have carried out illegal campaign activities, it will be punished according to Article 89 of the Public Official Election Act. The person whose name was on the business cards found on the desk says that the office is just a company that has nothing to do with the Saenuri Party and that it just studies social networking strategies. The Saenuri Party, for its part, insists that the office is just a private group that has nothing to do with the party's election campaign. The party added that it looks forward to a fair investigation by the National Election Commission. Meanwhile, the Democratic United Party is urging the commission to investigate the matter in the best way possible because it undermines the fairness of the election and constitutes a serious crime. The National Election Commission is questioning those involved and has confiscated the computers and other papers in the office to investigate the matter.
3. Gumi Recovery
[Anchor Lead]
Authorities have finally reached a consensus on how to compensate locals after a devastating toxic gas leak and are beginning the process of removing contaminated livestock and crops. Residents will likely be able to return to their homes soon.
[Pkg]
Rice plants that were shriveled up by a hydrofluoric acid leak were left unattended for more than 70 days, raising concerns about a secondary contamination every time it rained since the acid left on the plants could find its way into nearby streams. A combine quickly cuts the rice plants. A half-hour later, the grain is separated from the straw and the bags are full of rice. The process of discarding the agricultural produce has finally begun in Gumi as authorities have agreed to pay US$6.5 million to compensate the local farmers. Next week the discarding of the livestock and fruit will take place. Some 4,000 livestock animals, including 920 cows, as well as 33 hectares of fruit trees and forest products and 30,000 landscape trees are to be scrapped. Local residents, who have been remaining at shelters, will be able to return to their homes next week when all damaged rice plants are removed.
[Soundbite] Park Jong-uk(Representative, Regional Residents Group) : "It's both sad and comforting. It's sad that food must be thrown away."
Life in several Gumi neighborhoods that bore the brunt of the deadly acid leak is gradually returning to normal.
4. Food Waste
[Anchor Lead]
Dumping waste water from food garbage in the ocean is to be completely banned starting next year and local authorities are in emergency mode.
[Pkg]
Food waste pours out from households, restaurants and other large dining facilities. In capital Seoul alone, the amount reaches 33-hundred tons a day. Nationwide, it piles up to over 13-thousand tons each day. Liquid from the food garbage comprises of 80 percent of the food waste, and until now, Korea has up dumped this into the sea. This will be banned from 2013. Although public facilities were built to process this waste water, the government is being criticized for thrusting the responsibility of waste matter to the private sector. As reducing the nation’s garbage volume is the first order of business, another rule being implemented next year is a pay-as-you-throw away rule.
[Soundbite] Kim Gwang-sun(Apartment Resident) : "If I dry or dehydrate the garbage, it will shrink the amount."
But the pricing system will be introduced to only a little more than half of the nation. Research is also being conducted on how to use the energy produced when food waste disintegrates, but the energy generated from recycling only accounts for 3.6 percent of the total. Even though the government has taken measures to address food waste over the past six years, food waste processing facilities are still short in number. The timetable, method and details of the food waste rules are different across the country, and the energy recycling rate is awfully low as well. Critics worry that the new year, which is just around the corner, may start off with a war on garbage.
5. Slippery Roads
[Anchor Lead]
After hearing the statistics on winter car accidents you will very likely want to drive more carefully on snowy roads. Here are the numbers.
[Pkg]
A car driving on a snowy road suddenly swerves and skids on the road. Drivers say stopping the car or controlling the steering wheel isn't easy when driving in snowy weather. The Korea Insurance Development Institute analyzed car accidents that occurred for the last three years and found that 22 percent more of them occurred on snowy days than clear days. The losses per car accident on clear days stood at almost US$1,700 while on snowy days this increased by nearly US$300 to almost US$2,000. The study also shows that the lower the temperature, the greater the losses. When temperatures dropped to below minus 10 degrees Celsius, the amount of losses was about 30 percent higher than when between 0 degrees to minus five degrees.
[Soundbite] Im Ju-hyeok(Korea Insurance Development Institute) : "Many end up being a two or three-car or multiple collisions. As the vehicles are frozen, it causes more damage."
Furthermore, 40 percent of car accidents in snowy weather occurred during the night when it's harder to observe road conditions. When driving on snowy and icy roads, experts advise slowing down to half of the usual speed and following the tire tracks of the cars in front.
6. Medical Pigs
[Anchor Lead]
Korean researchers have become the world's first to develop transgenic pigs, which means they have had added to their genome. The result is that they can produce a substance for treating arthritis.
[Pkg]
There are a half a million rheumatoid arthritis patients in Korea. The disease can damage up to 70 percent of the joints in the body within just two years. However, its cause has yet to be determined, and each hospital visit for treatment can cost hundreds of U.S. dollars. Researchers from the South Chungcheong Livestock Research Institute and Chungnam National University have developed the world's first transgenic pigs. These pigs are able to produce a substance that can treat rheumatoid arthritis. The researchers injected the somatic cells of three female pigs with genes that can suppress rheumatoid arthritis. Then they moved them to fertilized eggs and had surrogate mothers give birth to the transgenic pigs. Once the pigs start mass-producing milk that contains the rheumatoid arthritis-suppressing substance, the researchers will be able to commercialize the treatment and supply it at an affordable price to patients. The new treatment is also expected to pave the way for remedies for other hard-to-cure diseases.
[Soundbite] Prof. Kim Min-gyu(Chungnam National University) : "We plan to keep producing transgenic pigs to make drugs for people suffering from illnesses like hemophilia."
The researchers say there’s a good chance that they will be able to commercialize the new treatment three or four years from now as many pharmaceutical companies have expressed interest in it.
7. Lack of Sun
[Anchor Lead]
The harsh weather outside means that people is spending more time indoors, and not getting enough sunlight. This can lead to health problems.
[Pkg]
Office workers in Korea usually spend most of their time indoors and during the winter they hardly have a chance to get any sunlight. If you’re not getting enough sunlight, you could suffer from vitamin D deficiency. Although Vitamin D can be acquired through food it can’t perform its duties unless it gets activated when the skin becomes exposed to the sun. Along with the longer hours spent indoors, patients receiving medical treatment for vitamin D deficiency increased eight-fold in the past five years. Eighty percent of women in their twenties and 65 percent of men in the same age group were found to be suffering from the deficiency. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and increase bone density. As such, a shortage of the vitamin can weaken your bones. Furthermore, a lack of vitamin D can also lead to other diseases.
[Soundbite] Prof. Jo Bi-ryong(Seoul Nat’l Univ. Hospital) : "There could be side effects such as hindered muscle formation and weakened muscular strength. It can also raise the risk of cancer or deteriorate the immune system."
Oily fish and mushrooms are known to be rich in vitamin D. Doctors also recommend getting some sunlight for about 15 minutes about three times a week.
8. Citizen Journalists
[Anchor Lead]
Several KBS viewers have received Citizen Reporter awards for their journalistic contributions.
[Pkg]
An incident took place at Daerim Station in Seoul, in which an escalator that normally carries the passengers up suddenly changed directions. A citizen at the scene filmed the incident and sent the footage to KBS TV.
[Soundbite] Kim Jin-man(Winner, KBS Citizen Reporter Award) : "I injured my ankle in the accident. The situation was so serious and dangerous that I thought I should let others know what was going on."
Another viewer had sent in footage of hail as big as two centimeters in size that poured down for 20 minutes back in May. Those who watch KBS were able to see the vivid images of the public’s outrage on the internet as a result of a two-hour delay of an English-language proficiency test, the discovery of the nation's first habitat of the brown-eared bulbul, and the wild flowers of Mount Baekdu thanks to their fellow viewers. This year, 11 citizen reporters received awards for their contributions to KBS news programs. This year more citizens contributed to the latest and breaking news coverage thanks to the Internet, smartphone applications and social networking sites. More reports sent in by ordinary viewers were also broadcasted on KBS’ news programs.
9. Jeju Trails
[Anchor Lead]
As more and more Koreans seek to heal themselves mentally, many are heading for hikes in the forest as a means to sooth their mental strife. So today, we're taking you to Jeju Island’s Olle trails for a stroll through the woods.
[Pkg]
With the opening of a new Olle hiking part, Jeju island's trails now stretch 430 kilometers. The first trail opened in 2007.
[Soundbite] Seo Myeong-suk(Director, Jeju Olle Foundation) : "In short, Route 21 is the core trail on Jeju where you can take in the stone fences while hiking. Its second section includes a village where many women-divers live."
Route 21 represents the three symbols of Jeju - stones, wind and women.
[Soundbite] "The other routes are good, too, but this route is like the finale, which makes it special."
Route 21 is on the northeastern part of the island. As you stroll along the path overlooking the emerald ocean, you’ll come upon a cluster of stone towers.
[Soundbite] "This is Seokdawon. These stones make people happy and were placed here one by one. It's been 15 years. Fifteen years!"
The towers have been built here one by one over the past 15 years. In this way, the hikers who pass through leave their mark.
[Soundbite] "It's a chance to get refreshed. It's a nice place where you can think about life while gazing at the nice landscape and exercise, which I haven’t done much lately."
And this place displays the stones that are representative of Jeju.
[Soundbite] "It looks like the end but in fact it's just the beginning. Our goal is to create trails where people can enjoy the scenery and ecosystem as well as learn about the unique culture of this place."
Here's another place where you can get a few glimpses of Jeju culture.
[Soundbite] "This is a shrine where women divers prayed for safety."
In the past, Jeju's women-divers held ceremonies to the goddess of the wind, Yeondeung Halmang, before going out into the sea. In what seems like no time at all, the sun begins to set. Next, we visited a guesthouse for hikers.
[Soundbite] Ryu Gi-hyeon(Owner, Guest House) : "This is the starting point of Route 21. There are more people who have completed all of the Jeju Olle trails than you might think. Many people come here these days to complete all of the trails because this place is connected to the final route."
It’s a great place to meet the other hikers who have come to explore the paths of Jeju. The camaraderie is another perk of a trek along an Olle trail.
[Soundbite] "For hikers, finishing the last route could be sad. Hiking on the final route after having covered the neverending trails makes you feel like that you’ve done a good job."
With so much to discover and see, more and more people are heading to Jeju Island these days.
This is the highest spot on Route 21. Called Jimi Peak, it's 150 meters above sea level and offers a panoramic view of Seongsan Ilchul Peak and Udo Island. Jeju’s Olle trails offer plentiful opportunities to escape from the urban rat race and reconnect with yourself in nature.
The South Korean military has successfully retrieved parts of the recently launched North Korean rocket from the sea. Here's more.
[Pkg]
The Korean military successfully retrieved the North's long range rocket section that fell into the Yellow Sea on the peninsula's west coast. The National Defense Ministry announced that a remainder of the rocket which appeared to be the fuel tank of its first-stage propellant was fished out from the sea at 12:26 a.m., December 14. The procedure began on December 13 at 4 p.m. and took about eight-and-a-half hours. A deep sea diver swam down 80 meters below the sea surface to connect a crane rope of the Cheonghaejin ship to the leftover section to haul it out. Military authorities transferred the piece to the Navy's second fleet where it’s undergoing close examination by specialists including those from the Agency for Defense Development.
[Soundbite] Prof. Lee Chang-jin(Konkuk University) : "By determining the capacity of the propellant's tank, we can figure out how far the rocket can travel. It can provide us with crucial data such as how much fuel is burned per second and its performance level."
Meanwhile, North Korea's Korean Central News Agency reported that the North's supreme leader Kim Jong-un directed the launching of the Unha-3 rocket on-site himself. The North Korean news agency said that Kim issued his final order to launch the rocket at 8 a.m. December 12, and later visited the control center at 9 a.m. to observe the rocket's lift off. At the launch site, the communist ruler is said to have stated that North Korea has secured its position as a nation with an advanced space program and must continue launching satellites in the future.
2. Campaign Allegations
[Anchor Lead]
The National Election Commission has launched a probe into allegations that the ruling Saenuri Party has carried out illegal campaign activities from an unregistered office.
[Pkg]
Officials from the National Election Commission raid a studio apartment in Yeouido, Seoul. The office has several monitors set up, and on the wall, there's a sign saying that there is only six days are left before the presidential election. A poster entitled "President War Room" shows an organization chart. On the desks, there are dozens of appointment certificates with the name of Saenuri Party presidential candidate Park Geun-hye written on them. In a room divided into several sections, young people sit in front of the computers. On a desk in the largest room, there are papers describing the Saenuri Party's social networking strategies as well as a stack of business cards that is made out to the head of the social networking media division in Park Geun-hye's camp. The National Election Commission says if the office is found to have carried out illegal campaign activities, it will be punished according to Article 89 of the Public Official Election Act. The person whose name was on the business cards found on the desk says that the office is just a company that has nothing to do with the Saenuri Party and that it just studies social networking strategies. The Saenuri Party, for its part, insists that the office is just a private group that has nothing to do with the party's election campaign. The party added that it looks forward to a fair investigation by the National Election Commission. Meanwhile, the Democratic United Party is urging the commission to investigate the matter in the best way possible because it undermines the fairness of the election and constitutes a serious crime. The National Election Commission is questioning those involved and has confiscated the computers and other papers in the office to investigate the matter.
3. Gumi Recovery
[Anchor Lead]
Authorities have finally reached a consensus on how to compensate locals after a devastating toxic gas leak and are beginning the process of removing contaminated livestock and crops. Residents will likely be able to return to their homes soon.
[Pkg]
Rice plants that were shriveled up by a hydrofluoric acid leak were left unattended for more than 70 days, raising concerns about a secondary contamination every time it rained since the acid left on the plants could find its way into nearby streams. A combine quickly cuts the rice plants. A half-hour later, the grain is separated from the straw and the bags are full of rice. The process of discarding the agricultural produce has finally begun in Gumi as authorities have agreed to pay US$6.5 million to compensate the local farmers. Next week the discarding of the livestock and fruit will take place. Some 4,000 livestock animals, including 920 cows, as well as 33 hectares of fruit trees and forest products and 30,000 landscape trees are to be scrapped. Local residents, who have been remaining at shelters, will be able to return to their homes next week when all damaged rice plants are removed.
[Soundbite] Park Jong-uk(Representative, Regional Residents Group) : "It's both sad and comforting. It's sad that food must be thrown away."
Life in several Gumi neighborhoods that bore the brunt of the deadly acid leak is gradually returning to normal.
4. Food Waste
[Anchor Lead]
Dumping waste water from food garbage in the ocean is to be completely banned starting next year and local authorities are in emergency mode.
[Pkg]
Food waste pours out from households, restaurants and other large dining facilities. In capital Seoul alone, the amount reaches 33-hundred tons a day. Nationwide, it piles up to over 13-thousand tons each day. Liquid from the food garbage comprises of 80 percent of the food waste, and until now, Korea has up dumped this into the sea. This will be banned from 2013. Although public facilities were built to process this waste water, the government is being criticized for thrusting the responsibility of waste matter to the private sector. As reducing the nation’s garbage volume is the first order of business, another rule being implemented next year is a pay-as-you-throw away rule.
[Soundbite] Kim Gwang-sun(Apartment Resident) : "If I dry or dehydrate the garbage, it will shrink the amount."
But the pricing system will be introduced to only a little more than half of the nation. Research is also being conducted on how to use the energy produced when food waste disintegrates, but the energy generated from recycling only accounts for 3.6 percent of the total. Even though the government has taken measures to address food waste over the past six years, food waste processing facilities are still short in number. The timetable, method and details of the food waste rules are different across the country, and the energy recycling rate is awfully low as well. Critics worry that the new year, which is just around the corner, may start off with a war on garbage.
5. Slippery Roads
[Anchor Lead]
After hearing the statistics on winter car accidents you will very likely want to drive more carefully on snowy roads. Here are the numbers.
[Pkg]
A car driving on a snowy road suddenly swerves and skids on the road. Drivers say stopping the car or controlling the steering wheel isn't easy when driving in snowy weather. The Korea Insurance Development Institute analyzed car accidents that occurred for the last three years and found that 22 percent more of them occurred on snowy days than clear days. The losses per car accident on clear days stood at almost US$1,700 while on snowy days this increased by nearly US$300 to almost US$2,000. The study also shows that the lower the temperature, the greater the losses. When temperatures dropped to below minus 10 degrees Celsius, the amount of losses was about 30 percent higher than when between 0 degrees to minus five degrees.
[Soundbite] Im Ju-hyeok(Korea Insurance Development Institute) : "Many end up being a two or three-car or multiple collisions. As the vehicles are frozen, it causes more damage."
Furthermore, 40 percent of car accidents in snowy weather occurred during the night when it's harder to observe road conditions. When driving on snowy and icy roads, experts advise slowing down to half of the usual speed and following the tire tracks of the cars in front.
6. Medical Pigs
[Anchor Lead]
Korean researchers have become the world's first to develop transgenic pigs, which means they have had added to their genome. The result is that they can produce a substance for treating arthritis.
[Pkg]
There are a half a million rheumatoid arthritis patients in Korea. The disease can damage up to 70 percent of the joints in the body within just two years. However, its cause has yet to be determined, and each hospital visit for treatment can cost hundreds of U.S. dollars. Researchers from the South Chungcheong Livestock Research Institute and Chungnam National University have developed the world's first transgenic pigs. These pigs are able to produce a substance that can treat rheumatoid arthritis. The researchers injected the somatic cells of three female pigs with genes that can suppress rheumatoid arthritis. Then they moved them to fertilized eggs and had surrogate mothers give birth to the transgenic pigs. Once the pigs start mass-producing milk that contains the rheumatoid arthritis-suppressing substance, the researchers will be able to commercialize the treatment and supply it at an affordable price to patients. The new treatment is also expected to pave the way for remedies for other hard-to-cure diseases.
[Soundbite] Prof. Kim Min-gyu(Chungnam National University) : "We plan to keep producing transgenic pigs to make drugs for people suffering from illnesses like hemophilia."
The researchers say there’s a good chance that they will be able to commercialize the new treatment three or four years from now as many pharmaceutical companies have expressed interest in it.
7. Lack of Sun
[Anchor Lead]
The harsh weather outside means that people is spending more time indoors, and not getting enough sunlight. This can lead to health problems.
[Pkg]
Office workers in Korea usually spend most of their time indoors and during the winter they hardly have a chance to get any sunlight. If you’re not getting enough sunlight, you could suffer from vitamin D deficiency. Although Vitamin D can be acquired through food it can’t perform its duties unless it gets activated when the skin becomes exposed to the sun. Along with the longer hours spent indoors, patients receiving medical treatment for vitamin D deficiency increased eight-fold in the past five years. Eighty percent of women in their twenties and 65 percent of men in the same age group were found to be suffering from the deficiency. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and increase bone density. As such, a shortage of the vitamin can weaken your bones. Furthermore, a lack of vitamin D can also lead to other diseases.
[Soundbite] Prof. Jo Bi-ryong(Seoul Nat’l Univ. Hospital) : "There could be side effects such as hindered muscle formation and weakened muscular strength. It can also raise the risk of cancer or deteriorate the immune system."
Oily fish and mushrooms are known to be rich in vitamin D. Doctors also recommend getting some sunlight for about 15 minutes about three times a week.
8. Citizen Journalists
[Anchor Lead]
Several KBS viewers have received Citizen Reporter awards for their journalistic contributions.
[Pkg]
An incident took place at Daerim Station in Seoul, in which an escalator that normally carries the passengers up suddenly changed directions. A citizen at the scene filmed the incident and sent the footage to KBS TV.
[Soundbite] Kim Jin-man(Winner, KBS Citizen Reporter Award) : "I injured my ankle in the accident. The situation was so serious and dangerous that I thought I should let others know what was going on."
Another viewer had sent in footage of hail as big as two centimeters in size that poured down for 20 minutes back in May. Those who watch KBS were able to see the vivid images of the public’s outrage on the internet as a result of a two-hour delay of an English-language proficiency test, the discovery of the nation's first habitat of the brown-eared bulbul, and the wild flowers of Mount Baekdu thanks to their fellow viewers. This year, 11 citizen reporters received awards for their contributions to KBS news programs. This year more citizens contributed to the latest and breaking news coverage thanks to the Internet, smartphone applications and social networking sites. More reports sent in by ordinary viewers were also broadcasted on KBS’ news programs.
9. Jeju Trails
[Anchor Lead]
As more and more Koreans seek to heal themselves mentally, many are heading for hikes in the forest as a means to sooth their mental strife. So today, we're taking you to Jeju Island’s Olle trails for a stroll through the woods.
[Pkg]
With the opening of a new Olle hiking part, Jeju island's trails now stretch 430 kilometers. The first trail opened in 2007.
[Soundbite] Seo Myeong-suk(Director, Jeju Olle Foundation) : "In short, Route 21 is the core trail on Jeju where you can take in the stone fences while hiking. Its second section includes a village where many women-divers live."
Route 21 represents the three symbols of Jeju - stones, wind and women.
[Soundbite] "The other routes are good, too, but this route is like the finale, which makes it special."
Route 21 is on the northeastern part of the island. As you stroll along the path overlooking the emerald ocean, you’ll come upon a cluster of stone towers.
[Soundbite] "This is Seokdawon. These stones make people happy and were placed here one by one. It's been 15 years. Fifteen years!"
The towers have been built here one by one over the past 15 years. In this way, the hikers who pass through leave their mark.
[Soundbite] "It's a chance to get refreshed. It's a nice place where you can think about life while gazing at the nice landscape and exercise, which I haven’t done much lately."
And this place displays the stones that are representative of Jeju.
[Soundbite] "It looks like the end but in fact it's just the beginning. Our goal is to create trails where people can enjoy the scenery and ecosystem as well as learn about the unique culture of this place."
Here's another place where you can get a few glimpses of Jeju culture.
[Soundbite] "This is a shrine where women divers prayed for safety."
In the past, Jeju's women-divers held ceremonies to the goddess of the wind, Yeondeung Halmang, before going out into the sea. In what seems like no time at all, the sun begins to set. Next, we visited a guesthouse for hikers.
[Soundbite] Ryu Gi-hyeon(Owner, Guest House) : "This is the starting point of Route 21. There are more people who have completed all of the Jeju Olle trails than you might think. Many people come here these days to complete all of the trails because this place is connected to the final route."
It’s a great place to meet the other hikers who have come to explore the paths of Jeju. The camaraderie is another perk of a trek along an Olle trail.
[Soundbite] "For hikers, finishing the last route could be sad. Hiking on the final route after having covered the neverending trails makes you feel like that you’ve done a good job."
With so much to discover and see, more and more people are heading to Jeju Island these days.
This is the highest spot on Route 21. Called Jimi Peak, it's 150 meters above sea level and offers a panoramic view of Seongsan Ilchul Peak and Udo Island. Jeju’s Olle trails offer plentiful opportunities to escape from the urban rat race and reconnect with yourself in nature.
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- NK Rocket Parts
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- 입력 2012-12-14 15:36:33
- 수정2012-12-14 16:08:52

[Anchor Lead]
The South Korean military has successfully retrieved parts of the recently launched North Korean rocket from the sea. Here's more.
[Pkg]
The Korean military successfully retrieved the North's long range rocket section that fell into the Yellow Sea on the peninsula's west coast. The National Defense Ministry announced that a remainder of the rocket which appeared to be the fuel tank of its first-stage propellant was fished out from the sea at 12:26 a.m., December 14. The procedure began on December 13 at 4 p.m. and took about eight-and-a-half hours. A deep sea diver swam down 80 meters below the sea surface to connect a crane rope of the Cheonghaejin ship to the leftover section to haul it out. Military authorities transferred the piece to the Navy's second fleet where it’s undergoing close examination by specialists including those from the Agency for Defense Development.
[Soundbite] Prof. Lee Chang-jin(Konkuk University) : "By determining the capacity of the propellant's tank, we can figure out how far the rocket can travel. It can provide us with crucial data such as how much fuel is burned per second and its performance level."
Meanwhile, North Korea's Korean Central News Agency reported that the North's supreme leader Kim Jong-un directed the launching of the Unha-3 rocket on-site himself. The North Korean news agency said that Kim issued his final order to launch the rocket at 8 a.m. December 12, and later visited the control center at 9 a.m. to observe the rocket's lift off. At the launch site, the communist ruler is said to have stated that North Korea has secured its position as a nation with an advanced space program and must continue launching satellites in the future.
2. Campaign Allegations
[Anchor Lead]
The National Election Commission has launched a probe into allegations that the ruling Saenuri Party has carried out illegal campaign activities from an unregistered office.
[Pkg]
Officials from the National Election Commission raid a studio apartment in Yeouido, Seoul. The office has several monitors set up, and on the wall, there's a sign saying that there is only six days are left before the presidential election. A poster entitled "President War Room" shows an organization chart. On the desks, there are dozens of appointment certificates with the name of Saenuri Party presidential candidate Park Geun-hye written on them. In a room divided into several sections, young people sit in front of the computers. On a desk in the largest room, there are papers describing the Saenuri Party's social networking strategies as well as a stack of business cards that is made out to the head of the social networking media division in Park Geun-hye's camp. The National Election Commission says if the office is found to have carried out illegal campaign activities, it will be punished according to Article 89 of the Public Official Election Act. The person whose name was on the business cards found on the desk says that the office is just a company that has nothing to do with the Saenuri Party and that it just studies social networking strategies. The Saenuri Party, for its part, insists that the office is just a private group that has nothing to do with the party's election campaign. The party added that it looks forward to a fair investigation by the National Election Commission. Meanwhile, the Democratic United Party is urging the commission to investigate the matter in the best way possible because it undermines the fairness of the election and constitutes a serious crime. The National Election Commission is questioning those involved and has confiscated the computers and other papers in the office to investigate the matter.
3. Gumi Recovery
[Anchor Lead]
Authorities have finally reached a consensus on how to compensate locals after a devastating toxic gas leak and are beginning the process of removing contaminated livestock and crops. Residents will likely be able to return to their homes soon.
[Pkg]
Rice plants that were shriveled up by a hydrofluoric acid leak were left unattended for more than 70 days, raising concerns about a secondary contamination every time it rained since the acid left on the plants could find its way into nearby streams. A combine quickly cuts the rice plants. A half-hour later, the grain is separated from the straw and the bags are full of rice. The process of discarding the agricultural produce has finally begun in Gumi as authorities have agreed to pay US$6.5 million to compensate the local farmers. Next week the discarding of the livestock and fruit will take place. Some 4,000 livestock animals, including 920 cows, as well as 33 hectares of fruit trees and forest products and 30,000 landscape trees are to be scrapped. Local residents, who have been remaining at shelters, will be able to return to their homes next week when all damaged rice plants are removed.
[Soundbite] Park Jong-uk(Representative, Regional Residents Group) : "It's both sad and comforting. It's sad that food must be thrown away."
Life in several Gumi neighborhoods that bore the brunt of the deadly acid leak is gradually returning to normal.
4. Food Waste
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Dumping waste water from food garbage in the ocean is to be completely banned starting next year and local authorities are in emergency mode.
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Food waste pours out from households, restaurants and other large dining facilities. In capital Seoul alone, the amount reaches 33-hundred tons a day. Nationwide, it piles up to over 13-thousand tons each day. Liquid from the food garbage comprises of 80 percent of the food waste, and until now, Korea has up dumped this into the sea. This will be banned from 2013. Although public facilities were built to process this waste water, the government is being criticized for thrusting the responsibility of waste matter to the private sector. As reducing the nation’s garbage volume is the first order of business, another rule being implemented next year is a pay-as-you-throw away rule.
[Soundbite] Kim Gwang-sun(Apartment Resident) : "If I dry or dehydrate the garbage, it will shrink the amount."
But the pricing system will be introduced to only a little more than half of the nation. Research is also being conducted on how to use the energy produced when food waste disintegrates, but the energy generated from recycling only accounts for 3.6 percent of the total. Even though the government has taken measures to address food waste over the past six years, food waste processing facilities are still short in number. The timetable, method and details of the food waste rules are different across the country, and the energy recycling rate is awfully low as well. Critics worry that the new year, which is just around the corner, may start off with a war on garbage.
5. Slippery Roads
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After hearing the statistics on winter car accidents you will very likely want to drive more carefully on snowy roads. Here are the numbers.
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A car driving on a snowy road suddenly swerves and skids on the road. Drivers say stopping the car or controlling the steering wheel isn't easy when driving in snowy weather. The Korea Insurance Development Institute analyzed car accidents that occurred for the last three years and found that 22 percent more of them occurred on snowy days than clear days. The losses per car accident on clear days stood at almost US$1,700 while on snowy days this increased by nearly US$300 to almost US$2,000. The study also shows that the lower the temperature, the greater the losses. When temperatures dropped to below minus 10 degrees Celsius, the amount of losses was about 30 percent higher than when between 0 degrees to minus five degrees.
[Soundbite] Im Ju-hyeok(Korea Insurance Development Institute) : "Many end up being a two or three-car or multiple collisions. As the vehicles are frozen, it causes more damage."
Furthermore, 40 percent of car accidents in snowy weather occurred during the night when it's harder to observe road conditions. When driving on snowy and icy roads, experts advise slowing down to half of the usual speed and following the tire tracks of the cars in front.
6. Medical Pigs
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Korean researchers have become the world's first to develop transgenic pigs, which means they have had added to their genome. The result is that they can produce a substance for treating arthritis.
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There are a half a million rheumatoid arthritis patients in Korea. The disease can damage up to 70 percent of the joints in the body within just two years. However, its cause has yet to be determined, and each hospital visit for treatment can cost hundreds of U.S. dollars. Researchers from the South Chungcheong Livestock Research Institute and Chungnam National University have developed the world's first transgenic pigs. These pigs are able to produce a substance that can treat rheumatoid arthritis. The researchers injected the somatic cells of three female pigs with genes that can suppress rheumatoid arthritis. Then they moved them to fertilized eggs and had surrogate mothers give birth to the transgenic pigs. Once the pigs start mass-producing milk that contains the rheumatoid arthritis-suppressing substance, the researchers will be able to commercialize the treatment and supply it at an affordable price to patients. The new treatment is also expected to pave the way for remedies for other hard-to-cure diseases.
[Soundbite] Prof. Kim Min-gyu(Chungnam National University) : "We plan to keep producing transgenic pigs to make drugs for people suffering from illnesses like hemophilia."
The researchers say there’s a good chance that they will be able to commercialize the new treatment three or four years from now as many pharmaceutical companies have expressed interest in it.
7. Lack of Sun
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The harsh weather outside means that people is spending more time indoors, and not getting enough sunlight. This can lead to health problems.
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Office workers in Korea usually spend most of their time indoors and during the winter they hardly have a chance to get any sunlight. If you’re not getting enough sunlight, you could suffer from vitamin D deficiency. Although Vitamin D can be acquired through food it can’t perform its duties unless it gets activated when the skin becomes exposed to the sun. Along with the longer hours spent indoors, patients receiving medical treatment for vitamin D deficiency increased eight-fold in the past five years. Eighty percent of women in their twenties and 65 percent of men in the same age group were found to be suffering from the deficiency. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and increase bone density. As such, a shortage of the vitamin can weaken your bones. Furthermore, a lack of vitamin D can also lead to other diseases.
[Soundbite] Prof. Jo Bi-ryong(Seoul Nat’l Univ. Hospital) : "There could be side effects such as hindered muscle formation and weakened muscular strength. It can also raise the risk of cancer or deteriorate the immune system."
Oily fish and mushrooms are known to be rich in vitamin D. Doctors also recommend getting some sunlight for about 15 minutes about three times a week.
8. Citizen Journalists
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Several KBS viewers have received Citizen Reporter awards for their journalistic contributions.
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An incident took place at Daerim Station in Seoul, in which an escalator that normally carries the passengers up suddenly changed directions. A citizen at the scene filmed the incident and sent the footage to KBS TV.
[Soundbite] Kim Jin-man(Winner, KBS Citizen Reporter Award) : "I injured my ankle in the accident. The situation was so serious and dangerous that I thought I should let others know what was going on."
Another viewer had sent in footage of hail as big as two centimeters in size that poured down for 20 minutes back in May. Those who watch KBS were able to see the vivid images of the public’s outrage on the internet as a result of a two-hour delay of an English-language proficiency test, the discovery of the nation's first habitat of the brown-eared bulbul, and the wild flowers of Mount Baekdu thanks to their fellow viewers. This year, 11 citizen reporters received awards for their contributions to KBS news programs. This year more citizens contributed to the latest and breaking news coverage thanks to the Internet, smartphone applications and social networking sites. More reports sent in by ordinary viewers were also broadcasted on KBS’ news programs.
9. Jeju Trails
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As more and more Koreans seek to heal themselves mentally, many are heading for hikes in the forest as a means to sooth their mental strife. So today, we're taking you to Jeju Island’s Olle trails for a stroll through the woods.
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With the opening of a new Olle hiking part, Jeju island's trails now stretch 430 kilometers. The first trail opened in 2007.
[Soundbite] Seo Myeong-suk(Director, Jeju Olle Foundation) : "In short, Route 21 is the core trail on Jeju where you can take in the stone fences while hiking. Its second section includes a village where many women-divers live."
Route 21 represents the three symbols of Jeju - stones, wind and women.
[Soundbite] "The other routes are good, too, but this route is like the finale, which makes it special."
Route 21 is on the northeastern part of the island. As you stroll along the path overlooking the emerald ocean, you’ll come upon a cluster of stone towers.
[Soundbite] "This is Seokdawon. These stones make people happy and were placed here one by one. It's been 15 years. Fifteen years!"
The towers have been built here one by one over the past 15 years. In this way, the hikers who pass through leave their mark.
[Soundbite] "It's a chance to get refreshed. It's a nice place where you can think about life while gazing at the nice landscape and exercise, which I haven’t done much lately."
And this place displays the stones that are representative of Jeju.
[Soundbite] "It looks like the end but in fact it's just the beginning. Our goal is to create trails where people can enjoy the scenery and ecosystem as well as learn about the unique culture of this place."
Here's another place where you can get a few glimpses of Jeju culture.
[Soundbite] "This is a shrine where women divers prayed for safety."
In the past, Jeju's women-divers held ceremonies to the goddess of the wind, Yeondeung Halmang, before going out into the sea. In what seems like no time at all, the sun begins to set. Next, we visited a guesthouse for hikers.
[Soundbite] Ryu Gi-hyeon(Owner, Guest House) : "This is the starting point of Route 21. There are more people who have completed all of the Jeju Olle trails than you might think. Many people come here these days to complete all of the trails because this place is connected to the final route."
It’s a great place to meet the other hikers who have come to explore the paths of Jeju. The camaraderie is another perk of a trek along an Olle trail.
[Soundbite] "For hikers, finishing the last route could be sad. Hiking on the final route after having covered the neverending trails makes you feel like that you’ve done a good job."
With so much to discover and see, more and more people are heading to Jeju Island these days.
This is the highest spot on Route 21. Called Jimi Peak, it's 150 meters above sea level and offers a panoramic view of Seongsan Ilchul Peak and Udo Island. Jeju’s Olle trails offer plentiful opportunities to escape from the urban rat race and reconnect with yourself in nature.
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