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KEI Daily News - June 18, 2015
Security 1. North misses the deadline to apply for Universiade 2. Pyongyang repatriates two nationals from South 3. China willing to offer food aid to N. Korea over drought 4. S. Korea sends 5 N. Korean fishermen back home 5. N. Korea holds first meeting of reconnoitering officers 6. U.S. has no plan to provide food aid to N. Korea amid report of record drought
South Korean Politics and News 7. Defense budget plan is largest ever 8. Foreign minister prepares for first talks with Japan 9. Gov’t aims to be consistent with Korean translations 10. Vote on prime minister nominee set for today 11. Concerns surround 2-week MERS latency period 12. Voices growing in Gangwon Province against slated nuclear reactors 13. WHO says MERS in S. Korea isn’t an emergency of international concern 14. MERS outbreak can be stopped: WHO 15. New P.M. vows to lead MERS fight 16. WHO chief says no mutation of MERS virus found in S. Korea 17. (4th LD) Assembly confirms new PM to lead fight against MERS 18. Korea ranks 42nd out of 162 in peace index: report 19. Shilla hotel halts business on Jeju over MERS 20. (3rd LD) Elliott turns up heat on Samsung over merger bid
Economics 21. S. Korea's trade dependence on Japan drops to lowest in decades 22. Korean Air employees quarantined after MERS exposure 23. BOK to offer soft loans to MERS-hit biz sectors 24. Plan for Korean Silicon Valley is put together 25. Gov’t pushes peak wage system on private firms 26. HD voice calls will be Korea norm by November 27. Buyer comes forward for Pantech 28. Tax agency launches first probe into Daum Kakao