Daily Press 08/22/2012
Security
1 N.K. economic zone under construction
2 Hong Kong-based NK agents sell military technology: report
3 NK magazine suggests first wage hike in decade
4 Kim Jong-un's foreign summit attendance not confirmed yet: Seoul
5 Korean-Chinese activist recognized as refugee in Korea
Economics
6 Electricity bills next month to be shocking
7 Samsung ups spending, with accent on R&D
8 Seoul-Tokyo tension affects bilateral investments little
9 G-market expands popular social contribution program
10 Seoul shares slip 0.41% on lack of momentum
11 Hyundai Motor gives W1.6b to Olympic archery team
12 Won Weakens as Investors Await Fed Minutes; Bonds Steady
13 Korea Makes New Lending Rate Benchmark Amid Rigging Probe
14 LG rolls out 84-inch ultra-definition TVs
15 Rice paddies shrink due to falling demand
16 GS E&C under probe on rebate allegations
17 KB pushes aggressive acquisition of ING Life Korea
18 Samsung becomes Android leader via disputes with Apple: report
19 Regulator to adopt new benchmark lending rate
20 Samsung to invest $4 bil. to upgrade Austin production
21 Samsung secures over 10% share of global chip market
22 High court orders Samsung chairman to compensate shareholders
23 Korea, Costa Rica pledge joint efforts to lay groundwork for free trade talks
South Korean Politics and News
24 A tinderbox of tension in wake of bloody brawl
25 KT teaming up with Intel to fight power wastage
26 Plans for more power plants delayed or scrapped
27 Major privatization projects in doldrums
28 17 ambassadors, consuls named
29 Park meets Kim DJ’s wife on ‘unity tour’
30 Gov't likely to give up selling stake in Incheon airport: sources
31 Prosecutors seek three-and-a-half years for ex-communications chief over bribery
32 MOU signed to launch Korean studies class in Costa Rican university
33 Ministry to give better job training
34 Minister to be empowered to change textbook content
35 Sensational Ahn keywords sweep Naver
36 Ex-Saenuri lawmaker undergoes 16 hours of questioning
37 First lady praises Korean-language instructors from around world
38 PM calls for stern punishment of rapist of student part-timer
39 Park visits former president to highlight need for unity
40 Korea to decide soon what to do with Japan PM's letter over Dokdo
41 Korea to step up global PR campaign for Dokdo
42 Survey shows 98 percent of Koreans giving up hope
43 Workers pitted against each other at Hyundai Motor
44 Right-wing Japanese politicians questions claims of comfort women
Editorials
45 ‘Gangnam Style’
46 [ed] Smartphone blues
47 [ed] Rising patent brawls
48 Korea’s 3 key challenges
