The Korean daily media headlines and humor

TheKorean daily media headlines and humor

Friday, September 2, 2016

Your Excellency:

Here are The KoreaPost notices and around up of important headlines from all majorKorean-language dailies, TV and other news media of Korea today:

Very Respectfully Yours

/s/

Lee Kyung-sik

Publisher-Chairman

Korea Post Media

Aquick roundup of major news stories from the Korean news media today:

KBS (http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/)

RulingParty Calls for Assembly Speaker's Resignation

EldestSon of Lotte Group Founder Questioned over Corruption Charges

S.Korea Beats China 3-2 in World Cup Qualifier

S.Korea, US to Wrap Up Annual Exercise UFG

S.Korean Lawmakers Urge Koreas to Seek Family Reunions

RulingParty Calls for Assembly Speaker's Resignation

S.Korea to Pour 15.3 Trillion Won on Future Growth Engines

KOSPIDown, KOSDAQ Up

ExportsUp 2.6%, Ends 19 Months of Negative Growth

S.Korea to Deploy Precision-Guided Weapon at Western Sea Border

UnificationMinistry: N. Korean Vice Premier Killed in Public Execution

Parliamentarians'Coalition for N. Korean Human Rights Meets in Seoul

CongoleseObstetrician to Receive 13th Seoul Peace Prize

53Countries Submit Sanction Implementation Reports

SexualSlavery Victims Foundation Confirms Receiving 1 Bln Yen from Tokyo

EldestSon of Lotte Group Founder Questioned over Corruption Charges

DefenseExpo Korea to Open Next Week

ParkUrges Local Broadcasters to Produce Top Quality Content

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Yonhap (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr)

S.Korea's economy grows in Q2: BOK

China couldhave provided N. Korea with submarine missile: U.S. expert

S.Korea's air passenger traffic jumps 43.2 pct in July

South Korea'sair passenger traffic soared 43.2 percent from a year earlier in July with bothinternational and domestic passenger traffic growing at a fast rate, thetransp...

StateDepartment says no evidence long-missing U.S. citizen was kidnapped by N. Korea

The UnitedStates has seen "no verifiable evidence" that a long-missing Americancitizen was abducted by North Korea, the State Department said Thursday.

Hyundai,Kia see U.S. sales fall slightly in August

Hyundai MotorCo. and its smaller affiliate, Kia Motors Corp., saw their combined sales inthe United States fall slightly in August as Kia's sales dropped nearly 8per...

N.Korea's largest naval base on east coast undergoing significant upgrades: 38North

North Korea'slargest naval base on the east coast has been undergoing significant facilityand weaponry upgrades that could pose increased threats to South Korean and...

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The KoreaHerald (http://www.koreaherald.com)

Saenuricalls for speaker's resignation

The 20thNational Assembly officially kicked off its first regular session Thursday, butsuffered an immediate roadblock...

Samsungtouts quantum dot as future of TV

SamsungElectronics on Thursday showcased its quantum dot super ultra-highdefinition...

Parkto hold summits with China, Russia to ease THAAD tension

President ParkGeun-hye will visit and hold summits with her Russian and Chinese counterpartss...

Lottefounder's elder son grilled over embezzlement

The elder sonof Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho was summoned by prosecutors Thursday asthey...

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The KoreaTimes (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr)

Parkto hold talks with Xi, Obama, Putin

President ParkGeun-hye will hold bilateral summits with Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S.President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin during athree-nation trip, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday. Park will travel to...

Parkto begin eight-day trip to Russia, China, Laos on Friday 

THAADa key agenda of Korea-China summit 

Beijingrenews call for Seoul to drop THAAD 

Majorityof S. Koreans support THAAD, worry about impact on ties with China: survey 

Koreawins but almost throws it away against China

Korea wasdelighted to defeat China 3-2 in its first game in the final round ofqualification for the 2018 World Cup at Seoul World Cup Stadium, Thursday, butit was a lot harder than it needed to be. With 16 minutes remaining...

Grammy-nominatedBritish DJ to stand trial in Korea for alleged drug smuggling

The SeoulCentral District Court is set to try his case. The date for his first hearinghas not be...

Samsungmay recall Galaxy Note 7 due to explosion 

Since itslaunch last month, the Galaxy Note 7 has been touted as a best-in-class devicewith such features as an iris scanner and an improved stylus. But it... 

Ex-vicechairman of Lotte quizzed over embezzlement 

Shin Dong-joo,former vice chairman of Lotte Holdings in Japan and the eldest son of LotteGroup f... 

[Gemsin Seoul] Tasting Korea in Seoul's traditional markets 

Nowadays, acommon scene in cities is identical-looking shopping centers all selling thesame prod...

N.Korea leader treats nuclear scientist well despite reign of terror 

North Koreanleader Kim Jong-un is exceptionally favoring scientists and engineers taskedwith nuclear development despite his growing reign of terror. 

Exportsoutlook remains dim despite rebound 

The country’sexports increased 2.6 percent in August from a year earlier, the firstturnaround in... 

Seoulcracks down on subway exit smokers 

Smoking bansat Seoul subway station exits are now being enforced. 

AngryChinese take a shot at cheap Korean tour packages 

Chinesetourists have blasted cheap Korean tour packages. 

Speaker'sremarks disrupt Assembly 

The rulingSaenuri Party vowed to boycott all remaining National Assembly sessions afterSpeaker C... 

Mannabbed for masturbating at women's university 

A man in his30s was arrested for allegedly masturbating at a women’s university in Seoul onAug. ... 

Leadingsoprano Sumi Jo to build arts school in Changwon 

Leading Koreansoprano Sumi Jo will build an arts school in the city of Changwon, SouthGyeongsang... 

Seniorjudge arrested in connection with kickback scandal 

An incumbentjudge was arrested in connection with a corruption scandal, in which heallegedly rec... 

Prosecutorssummon Lotte founder's son over alleged embezzlement 

The elder sonof Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho was summoned by prosecutors Thursday asthey res... 

Brazil'spresident ousted in historic impeachment vote 

Brazil’sPresident Dilma Rousseff was ousted on Wednesday (local time) in a historicimpeachment v...

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DongA Ilbo (http://english.donga.com)

Presidential impeachment ends Brazil’s 14-year leftistpopulism

Brazil's first female President Dilma Rousseff has been impeached onWednesday (local time), lowering the curtain on the country’…

Congolese doctor receives 13th Seoul Peace Prize

Dr. Denis Mukwege, the head of Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo, was named the winner of the 13th Seoul Pea…

UNDP to suspend aid program for N. Korea next year

The United Nations Development Plan (UNDP) will temporarily halt itsassistance to North Korea, U.S.-based Radio Free Asia report…

Tesla to open its first store in Korea at Starfield Hanammall

Electric car maker Tesla Motors will open its first store in Korea atShinsegae Group’s mega shopping complex, Starfield Hanam, i…

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Chosun Ilbo (http://english.chosun.com)

Most Lottery Players Motivated by AuspiciousDreams

Sales of lottery tickets totaled W1.89 trillion in thefirst half of this year as Koreans turned increasingly to Lady Luck amid afaltering economy. That was a whopping W132.3 billion more than the same periodof last year and the highest since 2004.

Ediya Coffee Opens 2,000th Store

Ediya Coffee has become the first Korean cafe chain toopen its 2,000th store, 15 years since its inception in 2001. "Our 2,000thshop was opened in Singal in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province," the company saidWednesday. 

Hyundai Lets Dissatisfied Buyers to SwitchTheir Cars

Hyundai is offering a radical incentive to new buyersthat allow them to switch to a different car if they are not satisfied with theone they purchased. Buyers can also switch cars if they get into an accidentand even resell hire-purchased cars.

N.Korea Expands Women's Concentration Camp

6 Sex Slavery Victims Reject Compensationfrom Japan

Explosions Dent Victory Lap of Samsung'sGalaxy Note 7

3rd Cholera Infection Confirmed

Smoking Ban Near Subway Exits Goes intoEffect

Match Against Syria Likely to Be PostponedOver Venue Issue

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HanKyoReh Shinmoon (http://english.hani.co.kr)

Comfortwomen survivors say cash payments of 100 million won “won’t change history”

S. Korea civicgroups buckle down to stop implementation of Dec. 28 comfort women agreement

As the SouthKorean and Japanese governments try to push ahead with implementing the Dec. 28agreement about the comfort women, they are facing increasing resistance fromSouth Korean civic groups who want to stop the agreement and find a justsolution to the issue.

Pres.Park embodies the “Hell Joseon” corruption she claims doesn’t exist

During herLiberation Day address on Aug. 15, President Park Geun-hye confidently insistedthat critics should not “disparage” South Korea, saying, “There is no suchthing as ‘Hell Joseon.’ There is only a Republic of Korea that is the envy ofthe world.”But all the symbolic terms associated with “Hell Joseon” - corruption,special treatment, rich people behaving badly, “silver spoons,” and so-called“parachute appointments” of unqualified people to top jobs - have been directedat her very own associates and the Cabinet candidates she has selected..

YoungSouth Koreans say they don’t want their children to inherit their kind of life

“Idon’t want my children to inherit the kind of life I’m leading right now.”--Kwon Ji-woong, chair of the steering committee of the Seoul Youth PolicyNetworkAround a dozen young people gathered on Aug. 31 at the Future Office atSeoul Innovation Park, located in the Eunpyeong District of Seoul, to sharetheir candid opinions about South Korea’s low birthrate with a group of SouthKorean lawmakers. The lawmakers are members of a National Assembly researchforum that aims to find ways for lawmakers to help South Korean societyovercome its extremely low birthrate...

Besiegedby oversupply and low demand, POSCO bets on automotive steel

Faced withsluggish growth due to oversupply from China and slumping global steel demand,POSCO is staking its future on high value-added automotive steel.The steelmakerheld a completion ceremony on Aug. 31 for a continuous galvanizing line (CGL)at the Amata Industrial Park in Thailand’s Rayong province, which began workwith an annual capability of 450,000 tons. It was the fourth of POSCO’soverseas automotive steel production bases to go into operation, after previousbases in Mexico (2009), India (2012), and China (2013)...

S.Korea says high-ranking North Korean officials were executed or disciplined

The SouthKorean government announced on Aug. 31 that Kim Yong-jin, 63, North Korea’svice premier of education, had been executed, and that Kim Yong-chol, 71,director of the United Front Department of the Korean Workers’ Party (KWP), hadbeen sent to a reeducation camp. Choe Hwi, 61, a vice department director ofthe Propaganda and Agitation Department, is currently at such a reeducationcamp, Seoul reported...

Cash-strappedHanjin Shipping banned from entering overseas ports unless payments made

After HanjinShipping filed for court receivership on Aug. 31, foreign creditors and portsbegan seizing its container ships and banning their entrance. With HanjinShipping forced to file for corporate rehabilitation after its creditors cutoff their financial assistance, a Singapore court on Aug. 30 took control ofthe Hanjin Rome, a 5,308 TEU container ship owned by the company that was inSingapore harbor. TEU, standing for ten-foot equivalent unit, is used to measurethe capacity of container ships.

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JoongAng Ilbo (conservative) (http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/)

GalaxyNote7 phablets explode

The governmentmay investigate a series of explosions of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note7phablets after the world’s top smartphone producer suspended domestic sales oftheir hit mobile device on Aug. 29. Samsung may have to go so far as to recallall units sold thus far, the worst-case scenario... 

Japanpays ￥1 billion to ‘comfort women’ fund

The Koreangovernment confirmed Thursday that Japan paid 1 billion yen to a Seoul-based foundationto support victims of wartime sexual slavery, a crucial step in theimplementation of last year’s bilateral agreement to resolve the issue...

Hanjin’sships being turned away from ports

HanjinShipping’s application for court receivership has started a ripple effect ofconsequences, despite the government’s promise to limit the fallout...

Saenurimembers walk out of first Assembly session

The firstregular session of the 20th National Assembly kicked off Thursday, but it didnot take more than an hour for all parliamentary events to come to a suddenhalt with the ruling Saenuri Party boycotting all scheduled events in protestof Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun...

Exportsrise 2.6%, breaking long slump

The governmentis optimistic that Korea’s economy might be bouncing back, after August markedthe first time in 19 months that exports grew year on year and the currentaccount surplus continued into July, suggesting the nation’s fundamentalsremain strong...

TeslaMotors announces Shinsegae partnership

Tesla Motorsannounced Thursday that it would open its first showroom in Korea by the end ofthis year and confirmed previous rumors that it would be housed insideStarfield Hanam, a massive shopping mall in Gyeonggi operated by local retailconglomerate Shinsegae Group...

TopIncheon judge detained for his own safety

After grillinga judge for half a day about whether he took bribes of 150 million won($133,720) from former Nature Republic CEO Jung Woon-ho, prosecutors decided toarrest the judge - for his own safety...

AnHee-jung makes presidential bid known

SouthChungcheong Governor An Hee-jung declared his bid for president on Thursday,vowing to fulfill tasks left undone by two former presidents and bring unity tothe country as head of state...

Inplace of subsidy program, Seoul hires youth

With itsmonthly cash allowance program for unemployed or underemployed young adults inthe city frozen by the central government, the Seoul city government offeredjobs to hundreds of young adults instead, while also offering services likeresume checkups and free language courses...

Inflationrate hits a 16-month low in August

Inflation fellto the lowest rate in 16 months, remaining below 1 percent for four consecutivemonths as crude prices continued to slide and the government discounted powerbills to...

Seoulcourt designates guardians for Lotte founder

A Seoul courton Wednesday named a pro bono attorney group and a former chief of the SeoulHigh Court as guardians of Shin Kyuk-ho, the 95-year-old Lotte Group founderand general chairman...

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The KyungHyangShinmoon (http://english.khan.co.kr/)

LLWS South Korea Panama Baseball

South Korea's Youbin Choi, right, and Junseo Chocelebrate after winning the International championship baseball game againstPanama, 7-2, at the Little League World Series, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, inSouth Williamsport, Pa.

North Korea Olympians Return

In this photo distributed on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, bythe North Korean government, North Korea's 2016 Summer Olympics gold medalists,Ri Se Gwang, left, in the men's vault and Rim Jong Sim, right, in the women's75kg weightlifting, hold bouquets of flowers as members of North Korea'sOlympic team return home in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016.

South Korea Volkswagen

South Korean environmentalists holding pictures of theGerman automaker Volkswagen's new Beetle stage a rally demanding Volkswagen paydue compensation for its faked emissions test results in Seoul, South Korea,Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. South Korean government on Aug. 2 fined Volkswagen 17.8billion won ($16 million) and suspended sales of 80 VW models, alleging theGerman carmaker fabricated documents on emissions or noise level tests.

South Korea North Korea Top Official Executed

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The KoreaEconomic Daily (http://english.hankyung.com/)

SamsungTemporarily Suspends Supply of Galaxy Note 7 due to Battery Problems

It wasreported that Samsung Electronics has temporarily suspended the supply of itsnew smartphone model Galaxy Note 7 to the nation's three mobile telecom serviceproviders. It was in response to a series of consumer reports that itsbatteries exploded in the middle of recharging. According to tel... 

Hyundaiand Kia in Panic due to Chinese Government's Intransigence in Granting BatteryCertifications

Regulatorymoves by the Chinese government aimed at Korean battery suppliers are nowaffecting the nation's car makers such as Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors. The twoautomobile manufacturers won't likely be able to receive subsidies granted bythe Chinese government ranging from 25,000-55,000 yuan (U...

Oppoand Vivo: New Kids on the Chinese Smartphone Block

Last monthwhen the second-quarter Chinese smartphone market ranking was announced, theworld's media outlets reported, "The era of brick-and-mortar stores isback." That's because hitherto unknown smartphone suppliers like Oppo andVivo have ranked high by overtaking household names like Apple, Sam...

[MarketInsight] E-Land to Sell off Teenie Weenie Brand to China's V-Grass

Korea's E-LandGroup will sell off its women's and children's wear brand "TeenieWeenie" to V-Grass Fashion of China at the price of more than 1 trillionwon (US$897 million). Once the Korean company successfully finalize the deal,it will be able to breathe a sigh of relief from a financial strain....

SamsungSteps up Efforts to Strengthen TV Contents

SamsungElectronics is pushing to create a bigger presence in the European TV market incollaboration not only with Netflix and Amazon but also with a string ofEuropean content providers. This move is part of Samsung Electronics’ strategyto expand the user base for its quantum dot TVs by providin...

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AJU BusinessDaily (http://eng.ajunews.com/korea)

Hyundaireleases 'Hyundai N' handling performance video, hints at 'i30 N'

South Korea'slargest carmaker Hyundai Motor has released a dynamic video showing off thehandling performance of its high-performance brand "Hyundai N" testcar. Hyundai has built up its reputation as a reliable and efficient brandchoi…

Chinesefans pack Seoul stadium with hope of World Cup …

For those whovisited Seoul World Cup Stadium, it would have been difficult to tell whetherthis was home for South Korea or China. That'…

SouthKorea coach wants to see bright side from narrow …

South Koreahead coach Uli Stielike said he doesn't think his side's 3-2 victory over Chinain the World Cup qualifier was a bad result…

Samsungunits terminate power plant contract in Kazakhs…

[Courtesy ofSamsung Engineering] Samsung C&T and Samsung Engineering, the two units ofSouth Korea's largest conglomerate Samsung Group, have finally pulled ou…

S.Korea-Syria World Cup qualifier moved to Malaysia: Y…

The upcomingWorld Cup qualifying match between South Korea and Syria has been moved toMalaysia, the national football governing body said Thu…

HyundaiMerchant ordered to put in 13 extra container c…

HyundaiMerchant Marine Co. was ordered Thursday to put in 13 extra container carriers,acting as a short man to stop the delayed delivery of S…

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Maeil BusinessNews Korea (http://www.pulsenews.co.kr/)

SamsungElec mulling to recall Galaxy Note 7 batteries after explosion reports

SamsungElectronics Co. could announce on Friday a recall program for the batteries ofits newly-launched flagship premium smartphone Galaxy Note 7 that has raisedsafety concerns after...

S.Korea’s Aug exports up 2.6 percent, ending 19-straight-month losing streak

South Korea’sexports made a rebound in August after the longest-ever losing streak of 19consecutive months thanks to pick up...

MaeilDairies may join race to buy McDonald’s outlets in Korea

South Korea’sleading dairy and beverage producer Maeil Dairies Industry Co. is considering abid for acquiring McDonald’s...

HyundaiMotor’s August sales hurt by walkout

South Korea’slargest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. saw its August shipment drop 3.1 percent onyear to 358,447 units, hurt by...

LGV20 to be world’s first smartphone to feature Google In Apps

LG V20, thelatest premium smartphone to be unveiled by South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc.next week, will be the world’s first...

HMMto be bred as Korea’s main flag carrier after Hanjin goes under

HyundaiMerchant Marine will be bred as Korea’s main flag carrier at sea under carefulguidance and support from the government...

AmorePacificchairman creates bioscience funding program

AmorePacificGroup Chairman Suh Kyung-bae will donate 300 billion won ($267 million) tocreate a science foundation under his...

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