Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South
Korean newspapers on June 24.

Korean-language dailies
-- Junior opposition lawmakers stage sit-in against session opening (Kyunghyang
Shinmun)
-- Lee to entrust ministers with their agency's personnel management (Kookmin Daily)
-- Rival parties enter third 'war of bills' (Donga llbo)
-- Vegetative patient shed tear as hospital removed respiratory device (Seoul Shinmun)
-- Hardline opposition lawmakers protest Assembly opening (Segye Times)
-- China opposes five-party talks (JoongAng Ilbo)
-- Hospital carries out nation's first mercy killing (Chosun Ilbo)
-- Circumstantial evidence, testimonies show that spy agency may have intervened in
gov't support program for NGOs (Hankyoreh)
-- Family bid tearful farewell in first mercy killing (Hankook Ilbo)
-- Asian stocks tumble, fear of further correction escalates (Korea Economic Daily)
-- Seoul plans to build new residential area for foreigners (Maeil Business Newspaper)
-- Stocks plunge, investors anxious over likely market correction (Seoul Economic
Daily)

English-language dailies
-- North indicates it's ready for launch (JoongAng Daily)
-- Yonsei patient is first to die 'with dignity' (Korea Herald)
-- Military prepares for multicultural army barracks (Korea Times)
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