SEOUL, Oct.

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- A funeral service was held Saturday for popular South Korean actress Choi Jin-sil, who was found dead in her Seoul home earlier this week in an apparent suicide.

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's food watchdog said Saturday it detected quantities of melamine, an industrial chemical, in chocolate products from foodstuff giants Nestle SA and Mars Inc.

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's stock markets suffered the most amount of foreign capital flight among Asian markets in the past four months, a report showed Saturday.

Fair play needed
The annual inspection of government agencies by the National Assembly is a statutory mechanism enabling the legislature to keep the administration in check.

Negative outlook
Local banks face difficulties amid US crisis

A law for Choi Jin-sil

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Oct. 4

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Saturday.

By Shim Sun-ah