other important headlines_Nov 1

-‘Excessive body exposure’ will be written off from the list of misdemeanors because it is considered behind the times, said the Police.

- In the parliamentary audit, GNP lawmaker Lee Han-koo said disproportionate development has become more serious since the Roh government took office which was elected on platform of equal development. “Budget on R&D, capable industrial workers, bank loans are all too focused on the Metropolitan area,” he said.

- Despite a long Chuseok holiday, October export posted a double-digit growth. The average daily export increased by more than 20 per cent to $28.2 bn, 11.5 per cent up from a month ago. LCE panel sold the highest with 37.1 per cent of the whole export items, followed by ship (34%), semiconductor (25.6 %), petrochemicals (21.1%), steels (18.6 %), and cars (15.1%).

- November 11 (11.11) is a very special day for school girls. On the day, they give ‘Bbae-Bbae-ro’ a cookie made by Lotte Confectionery Co which looks like a number 1, to close friends, hoping for more concrete friendship. The custom has stared from 1994 in Busan where middle school girls share the cookie for fun on that day. The company said the sale of the cookie during November normally rises to W25 bn, almost one third of its annual sale.

- According to the research by a job portal site Job Korea in cooperation with Chinese HR DotCom, Korean workers think financial comfort (45.4%) as the most important factor for happiness followed by health, and family while Chinese workers say health is the most crucial followed by family, and social network.

- Vice president of LG Electronics Kim Ssang-soo revealed his expectation on ‘Shine,’ LG Electronics’ ambitious new phone. Through a November CEO message, he said “a product like Shine should take off in the market,” and “Shine is a new conceptual product as a result of LG’s unique creativity and adventurous spirit.”

- The current law provides security guards to offspring of former presidents, but it is said that President Roh asked for review of the law saying it might not be necessary.