Daily Press 09/25/2012
DAILY PRESS 09-25-2012
Security
1 North Korea’s parliamentary session ends with no announced reforms
2 NK parliament approves 12-year compulsory education system
3 Cabinet approves partial extension of troops in Afghanistan
4 S. Korea has options to help US missile defense: Pentagon
5 Korea verifying reports of China's plan to monitor Ieodo with drones
6 Defense ministry seeks 5.1% increase in next year's budget
Economics
7 2013 budget allocates more for welfare, small businesses
8 Gov't seeks 5.3% hike in budget for 2013
9 Korea's Q4 manufacturing sentiment hits over 3-year low
10 S&P cuts Korea's growth estimate
11 Easing tax audits part of bid to retard slowdown
12 Politics-driven stocks fluctuate ahead of presidential election
13 Consumer sentiment stays below par for 2nd month in Sept.
14 Bosch to invest 200 bil. won in Korea
15 1% increase in GDP could create 60,000 jobs: study
16 Lee calls for conglomerates to work harder to dispel 'anti-business' sentiment
17 Seoul's homeless population on sharp rise
18 Samsung's Galaxy S3 sales in Korea top 3 mil.
19 Shares fall on foreign selloff
20 Hyundai Motor sells $1b in global bonds
21 Korean Air to resume direct flights to Saudi Arabia
22 Hyundai to supply hydrogen Tucson ix to Copenhagen
23 Samsung SDS offers glimpse of 2013 IT mega trends
South Korean Politics and News
24 Korea ready to raise history issue at UN assembly: FM
25 Prosecutors send second summons to UPP lawmaker over election fraud
26 World scholars to discuss ways to globalize Korean studies
27 HIV carriers in Korea top 8,000: report
28 Prosecutors to indict two lawmakers over Saenuri's nomination scandal
29 Seoul's households spend heavily on private education
30 K-pop concert hall proposed to promote Korean culture
31 'Registered brothels needed'
Editorials
32 UN Assembly session opens amid global storm clouds [Editorial]
33 Ideological exclusion in Korea [Editorial]
34 Should the mob rule in Korea? [Editorial]
35 Belated but necessary [Editorial]
36 Multicultural students [Editorial]
