The news of Ilhyeon Electronics' presidential reshuffle stirred up a great wind through the market.

People watched Ilhyeon Electronics with keen interest, wondering aloud whether the closing of the generation that had built the company up and the rise of a new one wasn't a miniature portrait of the entire Korean economy.

And amid this mood, unexpected news arrived.

[President Chung-do Lee of Ilhyeon Electronics' Semiconductor Business Division Arrested on Emergency Warrant Over Technology Leak]

[President Chung-do Lee Found to Have Attempted to Hand Ilhyeon Electronics' Technology to Japan's NIC]

[Ilhyeon Electronics Warns Losses Could Have Approached 20 Trillion Won Had the Technology Reached NIC, Calls for Severe Punishment]

President Chung-do Lee's technology-leak case had reached the public through the press.

People watched the affair with startled eyes — after all, it was none other than the head of Ilhyeon Electronics' semiconductor business who had done this.

—President Dae-sang Kim personally raised the Ilhyeon Electronics technology-leak case at a Cabinet meeting today. He said that an incident like this one, which nearly shook the entirety of Korean industry, must never be allowed to happen again, and called for a thorough investigation and a strong punishment to serve as an example to all. Industry estimates suggest that had the technology leak succeeded, the losses could have reached 20 trillion won, or as much as 5 trillion won annually.

The reporter on the broadcast explained, in a forceful tone, just how serious the matter was.

The anchor, who had listened to the reporter's account along with the viewers, spoke his own thoughts into the camera once the screen changed.

—Semiconductors are an industry we call our future breadwinner. That the very head of this industry tried to shake its roots is almost beyond belief. This must never be allowed to happen again. The judicial authorities, too, must hand down severe punishment with Korea's future in mind.

Having called for severe punishment, the anchor turned the script in front of him and went on.

—Now, on to our next story. With the presidential election just around the corner, the political world...

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