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PRESS DIGEST - South Korean newspapers - June 28
27 Jun 2007 23:58:12 GMT
Source: Reuters
SEOUL, June 28 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of major South Korean newspapers on Thursday, prepared by Reuters in Seoul. Reuters has not checked the stories and does not guarantee their accuracy.

CHOSUN ILBO

- Jeju Island's volcanic island and lava tubes have been designated as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

- President Roh Moo-hyun's administration has provided aid worth 1.24 trillion won ($1.34 billion) to North Korea as of end-2006, more than twice the amount provided during the Kim Dae-jung administration, according to the Export-Import Bank of Korea.

DONG-A ILBO

- A Chinese member of the outlawed Chinese Democratic Party and his family have been granted refugee status by South Korea because of his contribution to exposing human rights abuses by the Chinese government, the Seoul Administration Court said.

HANKYOREH

- South Korea's infant mortality rate is at three per 1,000 births as of 2006, the lowest in the world, according to the United Nations Population Fund.

MAEIL BUSINESS NEWSPAPER

- Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] has formed a task force to stabilise future business growth but denies it will restructure its executive ranks, a high-ranking company official said.

- Celrun Co. Ltd. <013240.KS> has been selected as the preferred bidder to buy Trigem Computer Inc., for up to 120 billion won ($129.4 million), Trigem said.

- A trial run to transport goods from South Korea through North Korea into Russia on the Trans-Korean Railway and Trans-Siberian Railway is planned for August, according to Lee Chul, head of the Korea Railroad Corporation.


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