- SK Telecom is to launch a new fee program from October which allows its subscribers to talk to another subscribers with 50% reduced price if they monthly pay an additional W2,500. KTF and LG Telecom are about to roll out similar fee system.

- Former Seoul National University professor Hwang Woo-suk is believed to have been working on human embryonic stem cell researches in Thailand since June.

- Lee Myung-bak is considering changing the name of his key election pledge, by using ‘inland waterway’ instead of ‘canal,’ in order to instill the name some environment-friendly color.

- It is reported that President Roh might visit Kaesung industrial complex on his way back to Seoul after the summit.

- WHO said waterborne epidemics such as sore eyes and diarrhea are spreading throughout North Korea, but there aren’t enough medicine.

- According to some sources, Shon Hak-kyu is considering stopping running as UNDP’s primary candidate after disappointing vote results from electoral college.

- Foreign investors continue their sell-off spree for three consecutive months, resulting stock owned by them falling to 33% of the total stock value for the first time in 6 years.

- Seoul might give Kim Jong-il a home-theater with famous Korean movie DVDs including D-War as presents at the summit.

- The construction ministry actually conceded that there are some problems with unsold public apartments in non-metropolitan area. As of March this year, the average unsold rate is 3 per cent but in some areas the rate amounts to 76 per cent.