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Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South
Korean newspapers on Aug. 1.

Korean-language dailies
-- Gov't replaces two-thirds of MBC shareholding council with pro-ruling party
figures (Kyunghyang Shinmun)
-- Real economic index improves; investment falls (Kookmin Daily)
-- Bitter tears of Arirang: defectors recount dismal human rights abuses in N.
Korean mass games (Donga llbo)
-- Korea's first homegrown helicopter 'Surion' unveiled (Segye Times)
-- Joseon's 'Donguibogam' becomes medical book for mankind (Seoul Shinmun)
-- Doctors, lawyers to be fined for refusal to issue receipts (JoongAng Ilbo)
-- Education ministry asks local authorities to fire 89 leaders of teachers' union
(Chosun Ilbo)
-- Gov't fills two-thirds of MBC shareholding council with pro-ruling party figures
(Hankyoreh)
-- Fall in U.S. economy slows greatly (Hankook Ilbo)
-- Samsung Electronics sets new LCD production record every month (Maeil Business
Newspaper)
-- Flood of complaints by mom-and-pop stores put brakes on retail giants' expansion
(Korea Economic Daily)

English-language dailies
-- Medical volumes listed on Unesco registry (JoongAng Daily)
-- Joseon medical book added to UNESCO register (Korea Herald)
-- Japan's opposition rekindles Dokdo dispute (Korea Times)
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