Korea's headlines_Sep. 6

- The education ministry sent an official letter to Korea University yesterday, ordering it to slash student numbers by 160 next year, which is believed to be an act of punishment for the university not abiding by ministry’s rules.

- It is revealed that seven ministries haven’t held a single regular briefing this year.

- A government source told that Song Min-soon and Kim Jang-soo (Minister of National Defense) will accompany President Roh in the second inter-Korean summit expected to be held in October.

- The Education ministry revealed yesterday that it will not allow any more ‘special purpose( such as foreign language, science..)’ high schools to be established, citing that those schools are not run according to its original purposes and greatly blamed for driving up private education.

- Seven out of ten office workers say 정(情) (affection for other people) helps them in one way or another in their working life. 54.5 percent of women and 70.3 percent of men say so.

- A Seoul appellate court is to hold a court hearing of Chung Mong-koo on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust at 2:30 pm this afternoon.

- According to the KCNA, North Korea’s national security agency told yesterday that it arrested a foreign spy, whose nationality was not revealed, and a North Korean informant. It was the first time since 1990 that the country’s top security agency openly said it nabbed spies.

- Lee Myung-bak said this morning he will not respond to the libel lawsuit filed by Cheong Wa Dae.

- The tax agency is considering levying corporate taxes on Hana bank for its 2002 merger with Seoul Bank. Industry sources estimate the tax can reach as much as to W1.3 trillion.