- John Grayken, Lone Star Chairman, might face arrest when and if he comes to Korea to get investigated by the prosecutors as a witness for the alleged stock price manipulation of KEB card. He is believed to attend the court as early as January 9th.

- The presidential transition team will work on drawing a ‘new strategic master plan’ for forward-looking and comprehensive alliance with the US.

- It is widely speculated that a high-ranking official might attend the presidential inauguration ceremony slated to be held on Feb 25. The transition team and close aides to the president-elect say that there hasn’t been any official discussion on the matter with the North, but Nam Sung-wook, in charge of North Korean matters in the team, said “I think we should send a special envoy to the North during January so that a high-ranking official could come to attend the ceremony.”

- 2008 calendar designed by ‘무한도전’ team have been selling off like hot cakes. The sale reached W100m for a single day. The calendar, priced at W3,500, is 50,000-copy limited edition and the profits will be donated to charity. 무한도전’s last week episode was about taking funny photos by team members for the calendar.

- According to the government tourism agency, Kaesung tour is very popular, attracting 7,470 tourists as of the end of December since the launch of the program on Dec 5 and the number is expected to pass 9,000 tomorrow. Hyundai Asan plans to expand infrastructure and vary the program in accordance with growing visitors.