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Korea24 – 2022.02.14. (Monday) News Briefing: South Korea recorded over 50-thousand new COVID-19 cases for a fifth consecutive day. The number of serious cases rose to the 300’s as well. Health authorities are warning that this signals the start of a spike in the number of serious COVID-19 cases and related deaths. (Eunice KIM) In-Depth News Analysis: The minor opposition People's Party candidate Ahn Cheol-soo officially proposed to his rival Yoon Suk Yeol of the People Power Party on Sunday fielding a single opposition candidate. He floated the idea of conducting a primary based on public opinion polls. While Yoon positively assessed Ahn's proposal for a single candidate, he gave a lukewarm response to the concept of using public polls. For analysis on this development and the latest from the election race, law professor Cho Hee-kyung from Hong-ik University joins us on the line. Korea Trending with Walter Lee: 1. To mark the 112th anniversary of when Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun was sentenced to death, PR activist Professor Seo Kyung-deok has made efforts to raise awareness of Ahn’s younger sister, Ahn Seong-nyeo, who was also an independence fighter. (2월14일, 안중근 의사 사형선고일) 2. South Korea’s largest fried chicken franchise is considering giving Team Korea's short track speed skaters free chicken for the rest of their lives. (황대헌에 이어 최민정도 ‘치킨 연금’ 받나…지급 방식은?) 3. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, known in South Korea as “hankuk sawi(한국사위)” or “South Korea’s son-in-law”, has hinted at a run for U.S. president in 2024. (‘한국 사위’ 호건 주지사, 2024 대선 도전 시사) Monday Sports Round-up: Team Korea picked up two more silver medals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics over the weekend. Sports writer Steve Price joins us on the line to update us on the latest. He’ll also help preview the start of the new K-League football season, and the unscheduled pause in the women’s volleyball league due to outbreaks of COVID-19. Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi: - Tomorrow’s Korea Times features a piece by Dong Sun-hwa on the rise of virtual celebrities. - In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Park Yuna writes about artist Hong Young-in on her solo exhibition “We Wear,” currently showing at PKM Gallery in Seoul.