- Tax burden will hit a record-high next year, with an average tax of W4.34 m per capita. Seoul is to raise labor income tax by 8.8 per cent next year, which translate into W110,000 more tax burden for a office worker.

- The major opposition party's presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak said President Roh should tell the nation what he would talk about with Kim Jung-il in the second inter-Korean summit slated to be held on October 2-4. “It will impose a huge impact on the next government if other issues (like a peace declaration) are pushed ahead with while there is no progress on the nuke issue,” he said.

- In a short meeting with a Chosun reporter, Byeon Yang-kyoon, a disgraced former chief secretary to president on natioanl policy, said “I am deeply sorry for troubles I created, and I am really sorry to trouble the president so much.”

- Lee Myung-bak considers moving to another place from his hanok in Kahui-dong because of security reasons. The neighborhood is too narrow and labyrinthine for security staff to properly do their job.

- Samsung has recently been spreading an animation UCC titled “thank-you(고맙습니다)” on the internet, in a series of its campaigns to improve company image and create appreciative and understanding culture in society.

- Lee Myung-bak is said to go through ‘private lessons’ from think-tanks on security, diplomacy, and defense matters, which have often been pointed out as his weak points.

- "D-War, " a made-in-Korea blockbuster, is to be released on 2,275 theaters in the US today, becoming the first Asian movie to be shown in so many theaters.

- My husband is very respectful and led an exemplary life. I don’t believe anyone except my husband,” said the wife of Byeon Yang-kyoon, in a phone interview with Chosun Ilbo.