- Lee Myung-bak said “President Roh is busy preparing for the up-coming inter-Korean summit and filing a suit against the presidential candidate from the opposite party…he is interested in so many other stuffs, you know, just under the light is the dimmest.”

- President Roh is mounting pressure on the start of the construction of 10 ‘innovative cities’ where government offices will be moved to, before his term ends. The construction ministry even promised incentives to provincial governments who come the first and second to start the ground-breaking.

- The New York Times quoted US defense officials as saying North Korea might have secretly sold nuclear material to Syria.

- Prosecutors are urging Shin, who is seeking hide-outs in America, to come back for investigation. One of the proofs for their ‘romantic relationship’ is said two pieces of portraits they pictured each other by themselves. Shin Jeong-ah is believed to have millions of dollars in her acquaintance’s bank account in New York.

- Seoul is said to have asked the UNC if it is appropriate to bring up NLL(Northern Limit Line) issues in the upcoming inter-Korean summit. The UNC is believed to have said the two Koreans need its agreement for any change in NLL.

- First Lasy Kwon Yang-suk is reported to have had lunch with the wife of Byeon Yang-kun at Cheong Wa Dae the day before yesterday.

- The Fair Trade Commission ordered a correction to ‘slavery contracts’ between entertainment companies and aspiring actors, who often end up being forced to pay outrageous damages for breaching contracts.

- Local cow breeders suffer from falling cow prices which fell 26.5 per cent compared to last year.

- The BOK, in its first such move, intervened in the swap market to stave off continuing imbalances in the foreign exchange market.

- Two out of ten Seoul citizens have thought about committing suicide and five are found to have sympathetic opinions towards people who take their own life, a poll shows.