Yonhap news advisory for Wednesday, July 29

The following stories are scheduled to be covered by Yonhap News Agency. Your
queries are welcome. Yonhap's English-language news desk can be reached by
telephone at 82-2-398-3451 (general), 82-2-398-3460 (economy), and by e-mail at
ldm@yna.co.kr, or hsj@yna.co.kr.

General
-- Defense Ministry reconsiders plan to buy second-hand U.S. military "Apache"
helicopters
-- News conference by pro-unification activists on government rejection of
inter-Korean contact
-- News conference by cast members of new movie "GI Joe"
-- (Feature) Parents worry, teens defend, experts divided on teenage 'thumb play'

Economy & Finance
-- S. Korea logs record first-half current account surplus of $21.7 billion
-- 18th government economic crisis committee meeting
-- South Korea's economy expected to grow minus 1.5 percent this year as
expected: finance minister
-- Earnings reports by Shinhan Financing, Doosan Heavy Industries
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