At the beginning of the newspaper, we look at the news flow of the week with front-page photos of the reader’s first meeting. Editorial comment
February 22 [월] Bloody suppression in Myanmar…
On the 20th (local time), the Myanmar military fired indiscriminately against workers and protesters who held a’civil disobedience strike’ in the second city of Mandalay, killing two and injuring dozens of others. Rescuers are moving the wounded injured to the hospital during the crackdown on the day, which was the most violent since the military coup on the 1st. Mandalay/Reuters Yonhap News
February 23 [화] Hearing of industrial accident’avoidance of responsibility’…Hyundai Joong blames workers’ carelessness
Lee Won-woo, CEO of Hyundai E&C (the far left of the first line), is taking an oath as a witness at a hearing on industrial accidents by the Environmental Labor Commission held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 22nd. From the second row, from the second to the left, Moo-Hyun Woo, CEO of GS E&C, Sunghee Han, CEO of POSCO E&C, and Youngseok Han, CEO of Hyundai Heavy Industries. From the second left of the third row, Joseph Nathan, CEO of Notman Coupang Full Filament Service, Shin Young-soo, CEO of CJ Logistics, Park Chan-bok, CEO of Lotte Global Logistics, Jeong Ho-young, LG Display, CEO, and Choi Jung-woo, POSCO CEO. Joint coverage photo
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Feb 24 [수] “This is Mars”… US NASA releases video of landing Rover
On the 22nd (local time), the U.S. Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released a panoramic photo of Mars sent by the US exploration vehicle (Rover)’Pacivirance’ that landed on Mars on the 18th (local time). Panoramic photos are six examples taken by Percivirance with navigation cameras mounted on both sides of the left and right on the 20th. For example, the impact basin is estimated to be a basin formed by the fall of a large meteorite 3.9 billion years ago, and there is a delta plain that scientists believe to have traces of life. On the same day, NASA also released a video showing the three-step process of entering, descending, and landing on Mars atmosphere. Provided by NASA
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February 25 [목] First shipment with “vaccine out” escort
On the morning of the 24th, the AstraZeneca vaccine produced at the SK Bioscience plant in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do was loaded onto a transport vehicle and moved to the storage area under the escort of the military and police. Andong/Yonhap News
February 26 [금] President Moon found Gadeok Island
President Moon Jae-in attends the’Southeastern Mega City Construction Strategy Report’ held in Busan on the 25th and tours the planned area of Gadeok Island Airport on a fishing guidance boat. Busan/Senior Reporter Lee Jong-geun [email protected]
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February 27 [토] First vaccination in 402 days of coronavirus
On the morning of the 26th, the COVID-19 vaccinations started simultaneously at public health centers and nursing hospitals across the country (clockwise from the photo on the left in the upper row). Eun-gyeong Yang, a nursing care provider in Won, Soon-gu Hwang, the director of Hansol Nursing Hospital in Daegu, Lee Ha-hyeon, a nursing hospital nurse at Sejong City Health Center, Young-sun Kim, a patient at Chuncheon Elderly Nursing Hospital in Gangwon-do, and Seong-nam Ahn, a clinical pathologist at Heungdeok Woori Nursing Hospital in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, are receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. . Senior reporter Kim Bong-gyu [email protected], Yonhap News
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By Lee Jung-ah, staff reporter [email protected]