16:08â¢Seoul's Police Chiefs Behind Bars
âšThe newspapers report extensively on the arrest of South Korea's top police officials on sedition charges, including National Police Chief Cho Ji-ho and Seoul Metropolitan Police Chief Kim Bong-shik (Mainichi, TBS, NHK, Chunichi, Yahoo). In domestic news, Yamato Transport seeks to terminate its delivery partnership with Japan Post, facing resistance from the postal service (Yomiuri, Nikkei). Hokkaido railways and highways struggle with snow removal staff shortages as agricultural workers, their traditional workforce, decline by half.