October 28: Free replacement of defective iPhone Duo, unveiling of M6 MacBook Pro, SK Hynix's quarterly sales of KRW 100 trillion and KRW 60 trillion, return to shareholders, and resignation of all members of Ajou University's pediatric emergency department.

Three days after the launch of its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, Apple officially acknowledged an initial defect that included a crack in the internal screen and announced a free replacement policy. SBS reported that after a series of reports from domestic and foreign consumers that incontinence occurred along the hinge joint immediately after opening, Apple unusually admitted the defect and began free repair and replacement procedures. On the same day, Apple began to change its hardware lineup by unveiling the new MacBook Pro and iMac, which were equipped with the next-generation M6 chip and improved on-device AI computing performance, but there were still reviews surrounding wrinkles and durability among users who received the initial quantity.

Debates comparing the initial trials and errors of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold series and Apple's subsequent response quickly spread in domestic and international communities and YouTube. On Ruliweb, the article 'Samsung's response to the problem of foldable phones', which pointed out past cases of Samsung's response to foldable displays, was viewed about 29,000 times, and Pomppu's article 'The fact that the problem is quietly being passed over due to the iPhone Duo ㄷㄷ.jpg' was also viewed about 11,000 times. On Clien, ‘MacBook Pro M6 is out’ (5,034 times) and ‘What should I do? 'iPhone Duo's wrinkles are so visible haha' (5,007 times) were posted side by side, DC Inside's '[Galaxy] Japanese people gave up buying real-time Duo' (5,527 times) and 'iPhone' by Japanese YouTube channel '世界ビックリ雑学' With the addition of the video 'Duoのヒンジ画面咬み込み' (approximately 960,000 views), public opinion wary of the risks of first-generation foldable devices was noticeable in both Korea and Japan.

President Lee Jae-myung's remarks at cabinet meetings and social media and the ruling party's stance of pressuring the judiciary have simultaneously emerged as key issues in the political world. When it became known that President Lee made a statement to the effect that 'it does not significantly help the national economy' while mentioning the foreign worker policy, criticism was raised that he was out of touch with the reality of labor shortages in rural areas and manufacturing industries, and a fierce debate broke out even within the ruling party supporters as he directly criticized the demand for an apology from hardliners during the prosecution reform phase as 'irresponsible extremism (non-extremism) that attacks comrades as if they are the only reformers.' At the same time, the Democratic Party of Korea decided, through a general meeting of members, to submit a request for a state investigation into Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae to the plenary session on the 5th of next month for the first time in constitutional history.

In the online community, a war of words continued over the context of the remarks and the conflict within the ruling party. In Theku, ‘“Foreign workers are not very helpful to the national economy”… The post titled 'Criticism of President Lee's Remarks' was posted about 42,000 times, and on Ddanji Ilbo, posts on the same topic were posted more than 4,481 times. Also, Ddanzi Ilbo's 'Lee "Attacks comrade as if he is the only one responsible for reform... non-polarism"... hardliners in mind' (3,066 times) and Damoang's 'President's SNS is spinning again. (Related to prosecutorial reform)' (2,600 times), 'It's so funny that they completely investigated farmland, and now they made a mistake about foreign workers while asking for support for farmers haha' (1,500 times). Even on pro-ruling bulletin boards, fierce debates were held over the level of the president's direct message and Senior Supreme Council member Kim Min-seok's 'cautious argument for Cho Hee-dae's impeachment'.

Judicial rulings surrounding famous creators and revelations about working conditions at work simultaneously aroused public outrage in the community. When game YouTuber Rooster expressed his resentment on the air, saying that despite suffering fraud losses of 200 million won, the offender suddenly deposited 10 million won right before the sentencing and received a reduced sentence, on Ruliweb, 'Rooster "scammed 200 million won and got a 10 million won sentence reduced".mp4' (approximately 36,000 views), 'The reason why Rooster can't help but be angry' (approximately 27,000 won) 4 times), 'The judge who commuted the sentence of the perpetrator in the rooster case is famous' (approximately 26,000 views), and 'The judge's recent ruling that drastically reduced the sentence in the rooster case.jpg' (approximately 15,000 views) received a combined total of over 100,000 views, and voices pouring out denouncing the loopholes in the criminal deposit system.

Meanwhile, just one day after kids creator Heijini (Kang Hye-jin) refuted the allegations of labor exploitation and interference with industrial accident applications by former employees, saying that it was 'untrue', the controversy grew as the person concerned continued to refute and make additional revelations. The Dong-A Ilbo reported additional claims that former employees were forced to work overtime until the last train was scheduled to run out and suffered verbal abuse, and iMBC Entertainment's YouTube news video titled 'Heijini, additional revelations, "subtly exploited"' recorded approximately 841,000 views. ‘This is the party’s position regarding Heijini’s statement’ posted directly on Bobae Dream. The article also recorded 9,077 views, showing signs that the battle over the truth will be prolonged.