July 8 local headline news

DongA Ilbo

‘Eurasia express train’ to embark:

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.

National Medical Center staff free of MERS infection ‘miracle’

: 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

73% of employees want peak wage system:

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.

Congress meeting to decide Yoo’s future

: 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

Small sharing, big unification

: A fundraising foundation has launched called the“Unification Sharing Fund” on Tuesday evening in an effort to reunite the two Koreas.

‘I will follow the party’s decision’

: 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

MERS warns of stronger viruses

: 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.

Murayama “Japan must untangle the comfort women issue”

: 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.