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KBS coverage confirmed that at the ROK-U.S. Defense Ministerial Security Council meeting held today (13th), an agreement was reached for our military to freely use information from the U.S. early warning satellite.

Using this information, it is possible to immediately detect even if North Korea fires a missile at a low altitude or makes an abnormal maneuver, further strengthening the ability to respond to North Korean threats.

Reporter Kim Yong-jun reports.

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When North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile last March, our military analyzed that the missile landed in the East Sea.

However, North Korea differed from the military’s analysis by revealing that it had successfully tested an air explosion over the sea.

[이성준/합동참모본부 공보실장/지난 3월 : “초기 단계에는 보통 레이더로 항적을 탐지하는데 지구 곡률 때문에 마지막 단계에서는 포착이 안 됩니다.”]

In fact, due to the nature of radar and the curvature of the Earth, there is a shadow area that cannot be reached by radar immediately after launch or just before drop.

To make up for this, KBS coverage confirmed that our military will reach an agreement with the United States to establish an early warning satellite information sharing system.

A senior military official said that the Ministry of National Defense plans to reach such an agreement at the 55th ROK-US Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) held in Seoul today (13th).

The U.S. Space Force is currently operating about 10 early warning satellites, including the Defense Support Program (DSP), a thermal infrared satellite, and the Space Deployed Infrared System (SBIRS).

These satellites enable immediate detection by detecting the high-temperature exhaust flames that erupt when North Korea launches a missile, regardless of the curvature of the Earth, terrain, or obstacles in geostationary orbit at an altitude of approximately 36,000 km.

Senior military officials expected that the ability to respond to North Korean missiles would be dramatically improved through information utilization rather than simple sharing.

Meanwhile, Korea, the United States, and Japan held a defense ministerial meeting yesterday (12th) and agreed to normalize the real-time missile warning information sharing system within next month and to expand trilateral training starting next year.

This is Yongjun Kim from KBS News.

Screen provided by: U.S. Department of Defense/Video editing: Kim Hyeong-gi/Graphics: Chae Sang-woo

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2023-11-12 21:10:00
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In memory of the late journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter, who brought the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising to the attention of the world, the 3rd Hinzpeter International Reporting Award, awarded to outstanding video reporters around the world, will be held today (8th) at the National Assembly Library in Seoul.

At the awards ceremony, the Korean Film Journalists Association and the May 18 Memorial Foundation will award the grand prize (World at a Crossroads Award) to the reporting team for ‘Inside Russia: Putin’s Domestic War’, which covered the situation inside Russia after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Four video reporters, including Vasily Kolotilov, living in the UK and Russia, took the risk of the ‘Fake News Punishment Act’ signed by President Putin and reported on the massive suppression of the press and destruction of democracy occurring in Russia after the war.

The news category award goes to the reporting team for the ‘Battle of Bakhmut’, which recorded the horrors of the war while staying in the southeastern region of Bakhmut, the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian war, in August last year.

In the special category, the ‘Russia’s Soft Power in the Central African Republic’ reporting team, which reported on Russia’s continued human rights oppression in the Central African Republic under the leadership of the private military company ‘Wagner Group’, will be awarded.

The ‘May Gwangju Award (Award for Achievement)’, a non-competitive category, will be awarded to four video reporters who took the risk of being exposed to radiation during the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in 1986 and recorded the scene.

Kim Kwang-jin, Deputy Mayor for Economy and Culture, and German Ambassador to Korea Georg Schmidt will attend this award ceremony on behalf of Gwangju Metropolitan City, which sponsors the Hinzpeter International Reporting Award, and Ukrainian Ambassador to Korea Dmitry Ponomarenko will accept the ‘May Gwangju Award’ on his behalf.

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2023-11-08 01:18:00
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A group of people who stole 15 billion won by deceiving people gathered in a so-called ‘stock reading room’ by promising high returns of up to 500% was caught by the police.

Gang members took on different roles and posted verification messages saying, “I bought a Mercedes Benz with the proceeds,” and also deceived victims by verifying false profits through fake virtual asset trading sites.

Reporter Moon Ye-seul reports.

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A group of people who created a fake ‘investment reading room’ and stole a large amount of money from investors by deceiving them by promising a 500% return was caught by the police.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency arrested 49 people who deceived victims by creating a reading room pretending to be an actual investment company from 2020 to April last year, and detained 24 of them.

The number of victims identified by the police is approximately 250, and the amount of damage amounts to approximately 15 billion won.

They purchased 1.62 million pieces of illegally collected personal information, lured victims to KakaoTalk, and then deceived the victims by saying things like, “We will buy a Mercedes Benz today with the proceeds,” while the gang members played multiple roles.

Through an elaborately created fake virtual asset trading site, it was shown to investors that real profits were being made, and when the deceived victims actually invested a large amount of money, they went into hiding.

The operation and the work to lure victims were all carried out systematically, and members were recruited through Telegram and operated as a branch organization without knowing each other’s identities.

The police tracked them by merging over 250 damage cases reported across the country, and arrested them after confirming the involvement of several organizations.

[오규식/서울경찰청 사이버수사2대장 : “고수익을 보장하며 투자자를 모집하고 수수료 등 사유로 추가입금 요구하는 것은 사기범죄일 가능성이 높습니다.”]

In addition, we have issued a red notice for nine people, including the leader, who are overseas and are preparing to repatriate them to the country.

The police advised that when making related transactions, check whether the company is an official company verified through the Financial Intelligence Unit and the Financial Consumer Information Portal website.

This is Moon Ye-seul from KBS News.

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2023-11-07 03:22:00
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