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01 / The Hong Sa-hoon Show
Cho Hee-dae’s Explanations: Where Does Responsibility Lie?
The panel critically examined controversies over Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae’s use of official business expenses and his explanations to the National Assembly, raising questions about responsibility and the need to check the records. They then discussed the constitutional roles of different institutions and the checks between them in the nomination and appointment of Supreme Court justices.
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READING GUIDE
Lead story keywords
- 01Cho Hee-dae
- 02Official business expenses
- 03Parliamentary audit
- 04Nomination of Supreme Court justices
- 05Judicial administration
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04 / Joo Jin-woo Live
Cho Hee-dae’s Parliamentary Audit Remarks and Judicial Reform Issues
- Joo Jin-woo
AI generated - Kim Ye-niCaricature pending
- Shin Yoo-jin
AI generated - Kim Pil-sungCaricature pending
Joo Jin-woo and Kim Ye-ni critically addressed Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae’s attendance at the parliamentary audit, his refusal to testify and his explanations about official business expenses. Lawyers Shin Yoo-jin and Kim Pil-sung offered their opinions on legal issues and concerns about institutional operations raised by those remarks and the launch of the Major-Crimes Investigation Agency and the Public Prosecution Agency.
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05 / Stock Market Nursery
Semiconductor Earnings and Investment Decisions
Ahead of Samsung Electronics’ earnings announcement, Park Si-dong, Lee Gwang-su and Choi Seo-young discussed semiconductor demand, the tension between interest rates and corporate earnings, and expectations surrounding AI infrastructure. They then discussed an approach that separately examines short-term moves in individual stocks and the rationale for long-term investment. These were the guests’ general market interpretations, not investment advice.
06 / Funny Four
Debates on Parliamentary Audits, Judicial Administration and Past Cases
Seo Young-kyo, Park Joo-min, Joo Jin-woo and Bong Ji-wook shared their respective legal and political assessments of allegations surrounding attendance at the parliamentary audit of the Supreme Court and judicial administration budgets. The latter part of the program addressed questions about the original investigation and records concerning the shooting of Yuk Young-soo, along with political disputes over a film. The legal and historical claims raised are presented here solely as statements made by the guests.
07 / Interview Workshop 1
A Philosophical Reading of the Far Right and Divisions Among Supporters
Park Gu-yong interpreted the global far-right trend through the lens of anxieties within democracy and a sense of deprivation in relation to established politics, while also examining South Korea’s two-party structure. He then proposed a conceptual framework to explain conflicts among the president’s supporters and discussed the conditions for repairing those relationships. Discussion of the film was deferred to a later conversation.
Original sources (Korean)
- Cho Hee-dae’s Explanations: Where Does Responsibility Lie?Original source (Korean)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si7p-FR1dIw
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- The KOSDAQ’s 900 Level and Interest-Rate FactorsOriginal source (Korean)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZW5KrJDJec
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- Dispute Over Cho Hee-dae and the Limits of Parliamentary AuditsOriginal source (Korean)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpCZXmPvWrA
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- Cho Hee-dae’s Parliamentary Audit Remarks and Judicial Reform IssuesOriginal source (Korean)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MjoBGUBM0
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- Semiconductor Earnings and Investment DecisionsOriginal source (Korean)https://humblefactory.co.kr/12361/2026%EB%85%84-10%EC%9B%94-6%EC%9D%BC-%ED%99%94-%EC%A3%BC%EC%8B%9D%EC%95%84%EA%B0%80%EB%B0%A9-%EB%B0%95%EC%8B%9C%EB%8F%99-%EA%B2%BD%EC%A0%9C%ED%8F%89%EB%A1%A0%EA%B0%80%C2%B712%EC%8B%9C%EC%97%90/
- Debates on Parliamentary Audits, Judicial Administration and Past CasesOriginal source (Korean)https://humblefactory.co.kr/12364/2026%EB%85%84-10%EC%9B%94-6%EC%9D%BC-%ED%99%94-%ED%8D%BC%EB%8B%88%ED%8F%AC-%EB%8C%80%EB%B2%95%EC%9B%90-%EA%B5%AD%EC%A0%95%EA%B0%90%EC%82%AC-%EC%8B%9C%EC%9E%91-%EC%A1%B0%ED%9D%AC%EB%8C%80/
- A Philosophical Reading of the Far Right and Divisions Among SupportersOriginal source (Korean)https://humblefactory.co.kr/12366/2026%EB%85%84-10%EC%9B%94-6%EC%9D%BC-%ED%99%94-%EB%B0%95%EA%B5%AC%EC%9A%A9-%EC%A0%84%EB%82%A8%EB%8C%80-%EC%B2%A0%ED%95%99%EA%B3%BC-%EA%B5%90%EC%88%98%EC%99%80%EC%9D%98-%EC%9D%B8%ED%84%B0%EB%B7%B0/