[이데일리 장영은 기자] Ukrainians have argued that Russia’s missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kiiu, where the UN secretary-general is visiting, was an insult to the United Nations and the West.
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According to the Associated Press on the 29th (local time), Kiiu mayor Vitali Klicichko criticized the attack on the same day, saying, “Russian President Vladimir Putin raised his middle finger to Guterres.”
The day before (28th), Russia launched a missile attack on Kiiu, visited by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video speech released on the same day, “Russian missiles flew into the city right following the meeting (with Guterres) in Kiiu today. “The Russian leadership is trying to insult the United Nations and everything that it represents,” he said.
The Russian missile attack was reportedly carried out just an hour following a meeting between President Zelensky and Secretary-General Guterres ended. It is the first time Russia has launched an attack on Kiiw since it retreated from the northern regions earlier this month and began concentrating its firepower on the southeast. One person was killed and 10 others were injured in the attack.
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“The attack is the most daring of a Russian attack on the (Ukraine) capital since the retreat of the Russian army that failed to capture Kii a few weeks ago,” Al Jazeera reported. “This is a clear signal that Russia intends to continue the war despite pressure from the international community,” said Volodymir Pesenko, a political analyst in Ukraine.
Guterres’ spokesman said: “The secretary-general accepted that the Russian attack was not intended to insult him.” “This attack is another sign that there are forces that want to continue the war in Ukraine,” the UN said in a statement.
At a briefing on the same day, the Russian Ministry of Defense asserted that “the day before, the production facility of Artiom, a rocket and space company in Kyiv (Kiiv), was destroyed with a high-precision, long-range missile.” It is said that it was merely an attack on a military-related facility.
[이데일리 전선형 노희준 기자] The resale of KDB Life is expected to be pursued. This is a follow-up measure following the failure of the sale of JC Partners, a preliminary acquirer, as it failed to meet the requirements for a major shareholder.
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According to the financial industry on the 27th, KDB is promoting the resale of KDB Life through KDB Consus Value Private Equity (KCV). Although the specific sale plan has not been determined, the financial and investment banking (IB) industry is predicting that the resale operation will begin in earnest in June.
Regarding this, an official from the Korea Development Bank said, “At present, no specific schedule for the sale of KDB Life has been decided.”
Earlier, KDB announced that it would cancel the stock purchase agreement (SPA) for the sale of KDB Life Insurance signed with JC Partners, a private equity fund manager (PEF). Another insurance company owned by JC Partners, MG Non-Life Insurance, was designated as an insolvent financial institution by the financial authorities, so it did not meet the requirements for a major shareholder.
MG Insurance was designated as an insolvent financial institution on the 13th, as it was judged that it had fallen into a state of capital erosion in an asset and liabilities due diligence conducted by the financial authorities. In particular, JC Partners, the major shareholder, is said to have had difficulties in raising funds, such as failing to comply with the capital increase schedule.
Some in the IB industry are predicting that Cactus Private Equity (PE) will take over KDB Life Insurance together with KG Group. Regarding this, a KG group official dismissed it as “the promotion of KDB Life Insurance together with Cactus PE, which is being discussed in some parts of the market, is groundless.”
KDB is deeply concerned regarding the sale of KDB Life.
After acquiring Kumho Life Insurance, which had gone bankrupt during the restructuring process of Kumho Asiana Group in 2010, the company changed its name to KDB Life and has been holding it for over 10 years. The sale was pursued four times, twice in 2014, once in 2016, and once in 2020, but all failed, raising concerns regarding the quality of KDB.
In particular, the financial industry believes that Korea Development Bank is repeatedly failing to sell KDB Life hastily. In order to reduce the size of the company, the company underwent restructuring, such as drastically reducing the sales force, and as a result, sales competitiveness was lowered. It is also the reason why the business situation worsened despite the investment of 1 trillion won.
Meanwhile, the current market is discussing the sale price of KDB Life at around 200 billion won.
A terrorist incident occurred in Jiangxi, mainland China recently. Two women were walking on the sidewalk when a block of cement fell from the sky and hit one of the women on the spot. , but died following rescue.
comprehensiveLu MediaAccording to the report, the incident happened at 11:00 on April 25. It can be seen from the monitor screen that two women were walking hand in hand on the sidewalk of Xunyang West Road, Xunyang District. The outer wall of the building fell off, and the cement block directly hit the head of one of the women. The woman fell to the ground on the spot. All the witnesses were frightened and called for an ambulance, but the woman died unfortunately following being rescued.
After receiving the call, the leader in charge of the Safety Committee Office of Binxing Street immediately rushed to the accident site. After checking that the outer wall fell off and the death was an accident, the staff of the Street Office also responded to the incident on the morning of the 26th. He said that related work The personnel rushed to the scene of the accident on the day of the accident and took safety measures to prevent the accident from happening once more.
After the news came to light, netizens left messages one following another, “People are going well, but suddenly they were smashed and people are gone?”, “My God. This is too scary”, “I don’t know which will come first tomorrow or accident”, “The construction It is not the first time that the outer wall has fallen off. The property should consciously check for hidden dangers on a regular basis.”
[이데일리 이순용 기자] There are medications that are prescribed for patients with type 2 diabetes. Statins are widely used for dyslipidemia and are oral agents that lower the incidence and mortality of cardiovascular diseases.
Since type 2 diabetes is often accompanied by dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes patients have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than normal people, domestic and foreign medical guidelines recommend that type 2 diabetes patients take statins, a treatment for dyslipidemia, for life.
However, there were considerable concerns as some patients arbitrarily stopped taking the drug, but there was insufficient evidence to emphasize the importance of continuous use of statins. However, in a recent study by Professor Nam-Hoon Kim of the Department of Endocrinology at Korea University Anam Hospital, the importance of continuous statin intake was identified.
Recently, Professor Nam-Hoon Kim’s team (Professor Nam-Hoon Kim, Professor Ji-Yun Kim, Professor Shin-Kon Kim, and Dr. Ji-Mi Choi) of the Department of Endocrinology at Korea University Anam Hospital confirmed that the longer the period of taking statins, the lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.
As a result of a study conducted on 8,937 type 2 diabetes patients enrolled in the National Health Insurance Corporation health screening cohort, significant cardiovascular events occurred in patients who took statins for at least 18 months compared to patients who took statins for 3 to 6 months. (ischemic heart disease, ischemic cerebral infarction, and cardiovascular death) was found to occur less than 30%. In addition, when statin strength, LDL cholesterol concentration following treatment, and duration of statin administration were compared, it was found that the duration of statin administration had the greatest effect on major cardiovascular events compared to other factors.
Professor Nam-Hoon Kim explained, “During treatment, you can see many patients who have stopped taking statins, and this study is significant in that it reveals the importance of taking statins continuously.”
Professor Jiyoon Kim explained, “When prescribing statins, both doctors and patients need to keep in mind the concept of ‘the lower the LDL cholesterol is, the better’ and ‘the longer the statin is taken, the better'”.
This study was published in the internationally renowned academic journal ‘Cardiovascular Diabetology’.
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