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Most Popular S. Korean PM to attend enthronement of Japanese emperor on Oct. 22 South Korea's prime minister plans to visit Japan next week in what would be the highest-level trip since Japan imposed export curbs in a deepening trade and diplomatic row. According to the Prime Minister's office on Sunday, Lee will be making a trip to Japan from October 22nd through the 24th to attend the enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito. Government sources said they expect Lee to take part in a banquet hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday, and hold separate talks with him, which would mark the highest-level dialogue since tension flared up last year over the issue of Japan's wartime use of South Korean forced labor, Prime Minister Lee is also likely to bring Abe a message from President Moon Jae-in. 2019-10-14 Cho Kuk steps down as justice minister 35 days after taking post Justice Minister Cho Kuk offered to step down on Monday, amid the ongoing investigation into corruption allegations against his family. In a written statement handed out to reporters on Monday afternoon, Cho said that he felt apologetic to the public regarding the ongoing probes into his family, adding that he will now put down everything in order to take care of his family. Speaking to reporters as he left the Justice Ministry for the last time as the ministry's head, Cho said that his role in bringing about prosecutorial reform has ended, and he asked for the public to support the government and his successor in completing the reform. "I apologize and am grateful to the public. I will now return to my role as a citizen. The task of prosecutorial reform will be handed over to my competent successor. More importantly, I believe that the public will finish the picture." The surprise announcement came just three hours after Cho unveiled a set of reform measures. Those include plans to balance out the prosecution's investigative power by leaving only three special investigative units that focus on corruption scandals involving high-ranking officials, as well as measures to protect the rights of suspects and stakeholders probed by the prosecution. For the past two months since Cho was chosen to be justice minister by President Moon, Cho's family have been at the center of attention over allegations of corruption. Those allegations include suspicions of forging a university award to help Cho's daughter gain admission to medical school and of involvement in a dubious private equity fund investment. Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News. 2019-10-15 Contaminated waste from damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima swept away by Typhoon Hagibis The season's 19th typhoon, Hagibis, slammed into Japan over the weekend causing dozens of casualties and leaving many regions flooded. Hagibis also swept across Fukushima, home to the nuclear plant that melted down following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. According to Japanese media, the city of Tamura in Fukushima Prefecture said Sunday that an unknown number of bags containing contaminated waste from the plant were lost. Officials say heavy rains carried the bags to the nearby Furumichi River. That river connects to another river and flows into the Pacific Ocean. The city retrieved ten bags from the river but they haven't been able to confirm how many went missing out of the more than 2-thousand 6-hundred bags kept in a temporary storage. Each bag weighs between 700 kilograms and one.three tons. They contain grass and wood collected from areas that were heavily contaminated by radiation. City officials insist contaminated waste did not leak out of the bags and they will carefully check the storage and management records. However, this isn't the first time something like this has happened. In 2015, contaminated waste from the Fukushima plant went missing in similar circumstances when the region was hit by torrential downpours. Lee Min-sun, Arirang News. 2019-10-14 S. Korean PM's trip to Japan could widen discussions, but too soon to tell: Blue House Responding to news of Prime Minister Lee's trip to Japan, South Korea's presidential office says only a complete reversal of Tokyo's trade curbs would resolve the issue. An official at the top office told reporters on Sunday that it's still too soon to say whether the trip might restore trade relations between the two countries. The official, however did say the Prime Minister's trip is meaningful in that it could upgrade and widen the level of discussions between the two sides. Lee will be the highest ranking official to go to Japan since the trade curbs were imposed three months ago. 2019-10-14
