other interesting headlines

- Subway line 3, which partially broke down yesterday due to heavy rains, is now up and running

- It is reported that eight Scud and Nodong missiles are fitted into the launch pad and can be fired within 3-4 hours, according to NSC intelligence. GNP lawmaker Chung Hyung-geun quoted NSC as reporting, “North Korea is expected to decide whether it test fires another missiles after figuring out a possibility of US and Japan’s further sanctions. Talking with China and inter-Korean ministerial talks also influence North Korea’s decision.”

- The rate of suicide attempts by transgender is 1000 times normal people and transgender who went through sex change operation is still 100 times more likely to attempt suicide than ordinary people.

- Chung Mong-koo is reported to leave Yonsei Severance Hospital today and get back to management control of the motor company. A Hyundai official said, “we reach a point where we can’t further postpone coping with emergent managerial issues.”

- Kim Hyung-o is elected new floor leader of the GNP.

- SK Telecom decides to stop providing adult contents which has been available on its wireless Nate service. Kim Soo-il, director of date business department of SK Nate, said “our company has been doing a lot of efforts to protect minors from adult contents,” “we decide to stop the service to take social and ethical responsibility and contribute to the wireless internet industry.”

- A group of team of Seoul National University has successfully reproduced two female cloned dogs with cooperation with a team of Soon Chun University. The two dogs were produced through the same cloning technique that Dr. Hwang applied to produce Snuppy.

- Amid sluggish job market, the number of students who postpone graduation is on the steady rise. According to data of Seoul National University, 28 per cent of graduating students in 2004 spent 9 semesters, one semester more than usual, up from 27.7 per cent in 2003, and 25.3 per cent in 2002.