The Rural Development Administration has implemented a healing agricultural program for the elderly using wheat sprouts, which has shown improvements in mental health. After participating in the program, depression levels decreased by an average of 22.6% and happiness increased by 27%. Stress hormone levels also showed a decrease in men, but an increase in some activities for women.
President Lee Jae-myung met Pacific Islands foreign ministers attending the 6th Korea-Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers Meeting. President Lee emphasized the continued development of cooperative relations and proposed expanding collaboration for climate crisis mitigation. Niue Prime Minister Dalton Tagelagi thanked South Korea for supporting sustainable development in Pacific Islands through developmental cooperation.
The Uljin National Forest Management Office conducted joint wildfire response training to strengthen proactive response systems through cooperation with related agencies. The training involved around 30 participants and was held in Uljin’s Geunnam-myeon, simulating actual wildfire situations. The head of the Uljin National Forest Management Office emphasized the importance of repeated drills and cooperation between agencies and called for public interest.
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The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency hosted an evaluation meeting on the surveillance of infectious disease vectors and Vibrio bacteria in Busan. The meeting shared results from mosquito collections at airports and ports, and Vibrio bacteria surveillance in marine environments. This year’s surveillance extended the monitoring period and collection points, finding no pathogens in mosquitoes but isolating Vibrio bacteria pathogens at a rate of 25.5%.
Gwang-Seok Lee, Director of International Policy at the Ministry of Defense, protested to the Chinese and Russian defense attachés in response to the entry of Chinese and Russian military aircraft into the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ). Our military will actively respond to foreign aircraft activities in the KADIZ while adhering to international law. The protests were made this morning regarding the aircraft’s entry which occurred yesterday.