Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South
Korean newspapers on June 9.

Korean-language dailies
-- Four-river project grows bigger than grand canal plan (Kyunghyang Shinmun)
-- N. Korea hands down harsh sentence to U.S. journalists (Kookmin Daily)
-- Is N. Korea trying to raise stakes by sentencing two U.S. journalists to 12
years? (Donga llbo)
-- Gov't to pour 22 trillion won into four-river project (Segye Times)
-- N. Korea sentences two U.S. journalists to 12 years in labor camp (JoongAng Ilbo)
-- N. Korea sentences two U.S. journalists to 12 years despite 'apology letter' from
Clinton (Chosun Ilbo)
-- Seoul Plaza likely to be blockaded again (Hankyoreh)
-- Two U.S. journalists sentenced to 12 years by North (Hankook Ilbo)
-- Fears of inflation re-surface (Maeil Business Newspaper)
-- Europe, too, drops left-wing party without alternative (Korea Economic Daily)
-- N. Korea sentences two U.S. reporters to 12 years in prison (Seoul Shinmun)

English-language dailies
-- North sentences 2 U.S. journalists to 12 years (JoongAng Daily)
-- W22tr set aside to restore rivers (Korea Herald)
-- 63% give poor grade to president (Korea Times)
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