North Korea-weekly review-4
NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 25 (October 16, 2008)
*** INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS
Civic Groups Asked to Refrain from Flying Leaflets into N. Korea
NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 25 (October 16, 2008)
*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK
U.S. Removal of N.K. from Terror List Raise Hopes for Six-party Progress
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Dollar opens at 1,340.0 won UP from 1,239.5 won
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Sales at discount outlets, department stores down in September
By Lee Joon-seung
N. Korea considers severing relations with S. Korea
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea threatened to cut off all inter-Korean ties, citing the new conservative South Korean government's "hostile policy" towards Pyongyang.
(EDITORIAL from the JoongAng Daily on Oct. 16)
Overseas voting
(EDITORIAL from The Korea Herald on Oct. 16)
Nothing but fraud
The government subsidizes farmers who cultivate rice to make up for their losses resulting from the opening of the domestic market to imports.
(EDITORIAL from The Korea Times on Oct. 16)
Noisy but empty
Politics is often likened to comedy, and nowhere else is this truer than the Korean parliament's annual inspection of the government.
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Oct. 16.
