[YTN Live News] Miracle on the Han River..."The world's war..."I'm not going to do an interview".

■ South Korea's monetary policy has turned from tightening to easing for the first time in three years and two months as the Bank of Korea lowered its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage point. It is evaluated as a desperate measure to revive the domestic economy.

■ Novelist Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature was a miracle that the author himself did not expect. Han River is known not to hold an official press conference because of the ongoing war in the world, but his father Han Seung-won said that the world seemed to have turned upside down and expressed his excitement instead.

■ Bookstores are also buzzing with people trying to buy books by Han Kang, who was honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature. Major works occupied the top of the bookstore's bestseller list, and as online sales continued, an "open run" took place in front of large bookstores in the morning.

■ The ruling party is showing signs of internal strife over the remarks made by Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the People's Power, targeting Kim Gun-hee. Close lawmakers explained that they considered by-elections and public sentiment, but pro-Yoon-gye lawmakers complained that they could not distinguish between allies and enemies.

■ The dispute over the stake of Korea Zinc, Youngpoong, and MBK is flowing to the point of entry. When Korea Zinc raised its tender offer price by 60,000 won to take over management, MBK claimed it would take on 2.7 trillion won in debt.