[News UP] Key schedule for November 25

News up on November 25th, summarizing the main schedule.

The first trial of Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, will be sentenced today on charges of perjury.

Representative Lee was handed over to trial in October last year on charges of demanding false testimony from witnesses when he was indicted on charges of publicizing false information in connection with the so-called "prosecutor impersonation" case in 2018, and prosecutors demanded a three-year prison term, the maximum sentence according to the sentencing criteria, as they believed the witness gave favorable testimony in court.

The Korean government, which has decided not to attend the Sado mine memorial ceremony held by Japan, will hold a separate memorial event at the site today (25th).

South Korean government officials, including the ambassador to Japan, and the bereaved families of the victims of the Sado mine will attend, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said its own memorial service is an expression of the South Korean government's firm will not compromise with the Japanese side on past history.

The appeals court's final hearing on Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong's alleged unfair merger and accounting fraud will be held today (25th).

Chairman Lee was indicted on charges of involvement in various fraudulent transactions, market manipulation, and accounting fraud promoted by the Future Strategy Office with the aim of inheriting management control and strengthening control at a minimum cost during the merger process, and in February, the first trial court acquitted him of all 19 charges.

Cha Kyu-geun, spokesman of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, Lee Kyu-won, and Lee Kwang-chul, former presidential secretary for civil affairs, will be sentenced today for their involvement in preventing former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui from leaving the country in March 2019.

Earlier, the first trial acquitted Cha and former secretary Lee, saying that the purpose and justification of blocking him from leaving the country were recognized in the face of an imminent reinvestigation, but suspended the sentence of four months in prison for spokesman Lee.

It was a major schedule for the news industry.