DongA Ilbo
The government said Tuesday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Korea Railroad will launch the operation of a “Eurasia express train” to start President Park Geun-hye’s Eurasia initiative as part of the nation’s Korea unification project.
: 50 days have passed since the MERS outbreak began, yet not a single staff member from the National Medical Center has been infected with the virus.
JoongAng Ilbo
A survey of 1,000 employees by the Korea Labor and Employment Relations Association revealed seven out of 10 employees agree with adopting the peak wage system.
: The ruling Saenuri Party will have a meeting on Wednesday morning to decide whether to keep or sack the party’s floor leader Yoo Seung-min.
Chosun Ilbo
: A fundraising foundation has launched called the“Unification Sharing Fund” on Tuesday evening in an effort to reunite the two Koreas.
: Chairman of the ruling Saenuri Party Kim Moo-sung said Tuesday that the party will hold a meeting to decide the future of the party’s floor leader Yoo Seung-min. Yoo said he will follow the meeting’s result no matter what.
Hankyoreh
: While the nation is suffering from the MERS epidemic, stronger infectious diseases are looming. International communities are preparing for a “war” against newly-created viruses, including severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus.
: The former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama referred to a Korean proverb, “The knot must be untangled by the one who tied it” as he said Japan must solve the comfort women issue.