Jeju Shinbo
1. Society
2 weeks until traditional moving season
Area residents are throwing out a lot of large household furniture ahead of the upcoming moving season, called Shingugan. Many people prefer to move during this period, which falls between January 26th and February 1st this year.

2. Society
Ed. office rejects request to finance program
The education ministry says Jeju’s local education office should submit a budget that includes funding for the Nuri Program, a free childcare program for children aged three to five. The provincial office of education has rejected the call, insisting the program be funded by the national government.

Jemin Ilbo
1. Society
More cars than people in new urban center
The Jemin Ilbo says cars outnumber residents in Jeju’s new urban center. Just under 100,000 people live in Yeon-dong and Nohyeong-dong, but more than 150,000 vehicles are registered there.

2. Economy
Gas prices at 7-year low
Local gas prices are at a seven-year low. According to the Korea National Oil Corporation, the average local price on Monday was 1,421 won per liter, while diesel was just 1,188 won.

Halla Ilbo
1. Society
First leased electric vehicle batteries delivered
Jeju has begun leasing out batteries for electric vehicles. The first five leased batteries were delivered to a car rental service center on Monday. The leases are financed by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the provincial government.

2. Politics
‘Ambiguous’ tourism goals for 2016
The Halla Ilbo says concerns are rising over Jeju’s new approach to tourism. The province will no longer set a target for annual arrivals, but will instead use various other indicators to evaluate the sector. Critics call the new metrics “ambiguous.”

Yonhap
1. Society
‘Only 30% of seniors economically independent’
Yonhap is reporting that only 3 out of 10 South Koreans aged 65 and older think they are leading stable lives with economic independence. That’s based on a new report by the National Pension Research Institute.

2. National
Seoul raises FMD alert level
South Korea on Tuesday raised its foot-and-mouth disease alert level one notch following its first confirmed case in nine months. According to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, pigs at a farm in Gimje, 260 kilometers south of Seoul, tested positive for the highly contagious disease.