Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on May 28.

Korean-language dailies
-- Ruling party chief suggests parliamentary probe into savings bank scandal (Kyunghyang Shinmun)
-- S. Korean court hands life sentence to leader of Somali pirates (Kookmin Daily)
-- Savings bank scandal feared to accelerate President Lee's lame duck status (Donga llbo)
-- Savings bank scandal speeds up President Lee's lame duck status (Segye Times)
-- Savings bank may have spent 100 bln won on gov't lobbying (JoongAng Ilbo)
-- Somali pirates' leader sentenced to life in prison (Seoul Shinmun)
-- Troubled savings bank found to have lobbied state tax agency (Chosun Ilbo)
-- Somali pirates' leader sentenced to life in prison (Hankyoreh)
-- S. Korea to conduct environmental test on 85 U.S. army bases (Hankook Ilbo)
-- Ruling party chief calls for parliamentary probe into savings bank scandal (Maeil Business Newspaper)
-- Savings bank's Illegal lending seen as gov't lobbying (Korea Economic Daily)

English-language dailies
-- Bank may have spent $9.2 million on gov't lobbying (JoongAng Daily)
-- Somali pirates' leader sentenced to life in prison (Korea Herald)
-- U.S. compensation claims surge over chemical dumping in Korea (Korea Times)
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