Yonhap News Summary

Yonhap News Summary

The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday.

■ Lee vows to prevent industrial deaths with all available means

SEOUL -- President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday pledged to mobilize all available resources to prevent workplace deaths, marking a state-designated day for commemorating industrial disaster victims.

Lee called eliminating industrial disasters and achieving safety-based sustainable growth a "key task" and a core priority of his government on his Facebook account on Industrial Accident Workers' Day.

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This photo shows President Lee Jae Myung at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on April 27, 2026. (Yonhap)

■ Biz sentiment rebounds in April as Middle East crisis reduces inventories: BOK

SEOUL -- Despite the ongoing Middle East crisis, business sentiment in South Korea rebounded in April as corporate inventories declined, a central bank survey showed Tuesday.

The Composite Business Sentiment Index (CBSI) for all industries stood at 94.9 this month, up 0.8 point from March, according to the survey by the Bank of Korea (BOK).

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■ Appeals court set to rule on ex-first lady's corruption charges

SEOUL -- An appeals court was set to rule Tuesday on corruption charges against former first lady Kim Keon Hee, following a lower court sentence of one year and eight months in prison.

Kim, who faces charges of accepting luxury goods from the Unification Church and involvement in a stock price manipulation scheme, was set to be sentenced during a 3 p.m. hearing at the Seoul High Court. The session will be broadcast live.

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■ S. Korean envoy calls N. Korea's nukes 'most urgent' challenge to nonproliferation regime

SEOUL -- South Korea's top nuclear envoy has stressed the need to swiftly resolve the North Korean nuclear issue, calling it the "most urgent" challenge to the nonproliferation regime, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Jeong Yeon-doo, vice foreign minister for diplomatic strategy and intelligence, made the remarks in a keynote speech during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference held in New York on Monday (U.S. time), according to the ministry.

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■ Appeals court sentences Rep. Kweon to 2-yr prison term over funds from Unification Church

SEOUL -- An appeals court on Tuesday sentenced Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the main opposition People Power Party to a two-year prison term on charges of accepting illegal political funds from the Unification Church.

The Seoul High Court handed down the sentence after finding him guilty of accepting 100 million won (US$68,000) from a church official seeking favors from the former administration of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

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