October 17: Bucheon fire firefighter's death on the job, financial straw scandal, Tesla levitating roadster demonstration, second day of anti-debt trading, KRW 80 billion

Fire Lieutenant Kim Jin-seok (45) of the Bucheon Fire Department, who was the first to arrive at the scene of a fire at a metal injection painting factory in Nae-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do the day before and began extinguishing and searching for people, was transported in a state of cardiac arrest. He died on the 17th. A fellow firefighter who also entered the fire was seriously injured, and a total of eight people, including six firefighters, were killed in this fire. Gyeonggi Province decided to hold the deceased's funeral under the chairmanship of the Gyeonggi Provincial Office, and the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency organized a 33-member investigative team and began a joint investigation and investigation into violations of flammable substance management.

As the news of the deaths of firefighters killed in the line of duty spread, criticism grew stronger due to the fact that Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae described the fire service budget as a troublesome financial straw at a recent provincial government meeting and the Kyunghyang Shinmun report that Gyeonggi Province cut the entire budget for this year's memorial project for firefighters killed in the line of duty. When Governor Chu, who visited the scene of the fire, waved his hand and avoided answering questions from reporters and a photo of a firefighter at the scene with his back turned was released, a photo of him with his back to the fire was posted on Clien, recording 6,128 times, and on Pomppu, a post contrasting with President Lee Jae-myung's remark suggesting encouraging applause at the opening ceremony of the National Sports Festival, asking if it would be a waste to pay a thousand dollars for the dedication of citizens in uniform, was recorded about 16,000 times and 6,706 times.

In 82 Cook and Damoang, breaking news posts about the Bucheon firefighter who died on the job after cardiac arrest were recorded 2,723 and 1,600 times, respectively, with commemorative comments praying for the deceased's soul to rest in peace, as well as calls for the realization of hazard pay and replacement of old personal safety equipment.

KOSPI, which had fallen for 7 consecutive trading days, rebounded after 8 trading days, and a buying sidecar was activated due to the sharp rise in the KOSDAQ market. However, in the aftermath of the previous plunge in the index, the actual counter trading amount compared to the securities company's consignment trading receivables exceeded 80 billion won for two consecutive days. In the past week alone, the amount of individual investors that has been forcibly liquidated amounts to approximately 300 billion won. Meanwhile, in the New York stock market on the 16th, the Nasdaq index closed down 2.2% due to concerns over AI cloud company Coreweave's high-interest debt burden and the price of Brent crude oil exceeding $109.

The pressure to increase interest rates also spread to household loans and the real estate market. While the upper end of the variable interest rate for commercial bank mortgage loans has successively exceeded 6% per annum, the buying trend has shifted to mid- to low-priced complexes in the aftermath of loan regulations in the Gangnam area and Mayongseong in Seoul, and 82% of apartments traded in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul in the third quarter have broken the previous highest price.

In Blind, an office worker community, discussion posts surrounding the stock price forecast and performance bonus system of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix recorded 2,349 and 1,899 times, respectively; in Funny University, posts about the treatment of SK Hynix production workers recorded approximately 25,000 posts; and in Ruliweb, posts pointing out the increase in domestic prices of overseas audio equipment due to high exchange rates recorded 5,554 posts.

The debut song NEON of the new girl group A2O LITE, presented by former SM Entertainment executive producer Lee Soo-man, ranked first on the Melon Top 100 chart within 29 hours of its release. While the addictive electronic sound and the introductory performance featuring choreographer Jay Black attracted attention, criticism also arose for applying excessively revealing costumes and direction to a team that included underage members of middle school age. On TheQu, a post pointing out the problem with the underage member concept was recorded about 65,000 times, a post about the Killing Part stage was recorded about 45,000 times, and on Instiz, a post about J. Black's choreography behind the scenes was recorded about 47,000 times, a post discussing the level of exposure was recorded about 35,000 times, and a post about Nate's reaction was recorded about 14,000 times.

In broadcasting circles, suspicions were raised that a pre-script with lines and situation settings was captured on-site for Jeon Hyun-moo's impromptu trip to Kazakhstan on the MBC entertainment show I Live Alone. On Ruliweb, posts about the pre-script release were recorded about 28,000 times, and posts about Funny University were recorded about 21,000 times and about 16,000 times, leading to reactions pointing out the limitations of directing reality entertainment, and MBC explained that it was only an example document for local filming permission and had not seen the performers.

Meanwhile, the SBS Friday-Saturday drama Doctor On Bobae Dream, there were 5,863 posts dealing with the claims of doctors who requested Doctor