Korea 24 - 2022.07.05

Korea24 &ndash; 2022.07.05. (Tuesday)<br /> <br /> News Briefing: Consumer prices rose 6% on-year in June, the highest growth in nearly 24 years. Meanwhile, President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged to personally oversee issues related to improving people&rsquo;s livelihoods. (Jenny NA)<br /> <br /> In-Depth News Analysis: Japan&#039;s triennial upper house election is set to be held on July 10. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is on track for a landslide victory, and with no major national elections scheduled until 2025, it could allow the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to push for his policy goals, uninterrupted, over the next three years. To discuss what&rsquo;s at stake, as well as what the results could mean for the relationship with South Korea, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, the Washington Post&#039;s Tokyo and Seoul bureau chief joins us on the line.<br /> <br /> Korea Trending with Jenny Suh:<br /> 1. At least six people have died and some 30 have been injured after a gunman opened fire during a Fourth of July parade in Illinois, US, on Monday morning. (미국 독립기념일 거리행진, 옥상서 총기난사로 6명 사망)<br /> 2. A 24-year-old woman in Seoul has been missing since last week. Kim Gaeul was last seen at Gayang Station in Gangseo district on her way home from work. (미용실 갔다온다던 20대 여성, 가양역 인근서 실종)<br /> 3. South Korea&rsquo;s first lunar orbiter Danuri began transport to the US ahead of its launch next month. (우리나라 첫 달 궤도선 &lsquo;다누리&rsquo; 발사장 이송 시작)<br /> <br /> Touch Base In Seoul: It has been ten years since Ricardo Ratliffe left the US to start his professional basketball career in South Korea. Over the years he has won four championships, three foreign MVP awards, and he even represented the South Korean national team after he became a naturalized citizen in 2018, adopting his Korean name Ra Gun-a (라건아). He joins us on the line to tell us about his story, his career highlights and how the national team is preparing for the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup.<br /> <br /> Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin:<br /> -