Other important headlines_September 27

- [YTN] North Korea Vice Foreign Minister Choi Su-heon reiterated North Korea’s position in his keynote speech at the United Nation that the regime would not participate in the six party talk if the US continues imposing financial restriction on it.

- [Yonhap] Condoleezza Rice said in an interview with Wall Street Journal that she would check out on a possibility of ‘one last push’ to resume the six party talk when she visits Asian countries in November. She also said North Korea was not very afraid of US’s ‘modest’ financial measures so there were some other things going on.

- [No Cut News] The Ministry of Finance and Economy is said to have been hiding survey results about the on-going Korea-US FTA negotiations for more than three months which includes negative opinions about the FTA. According to the survey, 52 per cent of respondent favor delaying the negotiation while 26 per cent favor the current schedule. And 49.5 per cent of people say the Korea-US FTA will do more harm than good to Korean Economy. 40.2 per cent say the government should reveal negotiation results more openly to the public.

- [The Electronic Times] DMB service providers are likely to give up offering the service in the subway due to failed negotiation with subway companies over W2.4-3 bn fee per year. DMB service providers are struggling with disappointing profits coming from weak demand.

- [Yonhap] The government is to pass revised income tax law which will allow more tax deduction for household with more than two children.

- [Donga Ilbo] Teachers are found to be satisfied with ‘Teacher Evaluation System.’ According to a survey on 1,948 teachers, students, and parents, 73.9 per cent of teachers answered ‘the evaluation is a good opportunity for me to look back on myself,’ and 60.3 per cent said ‘the evaluation make me more focus on teaching quality.’ Half of students said they are ‘more satisfied with the class after the system launched.’

- [YTN] Detailed information of 200,000 applicants for LG Electronics was leaked on the internet last night. The information was deleted from the web after 20 minutes but applicants are furious about the leakage saying 20 minutes are enough for someone to copy the information and spread to other sites. The reason has not fully determined yet but the company suspects an applicant who failed in the first document screening caused the disruption on purpose.