Okay, so I was wrong about the American media reporting on Robert Park's stool sample once he got home to Arizona, but I was nearly right about the Superbowl winners. To recap: I picked the Saints over the Colts, 21-17, and the Saints did win, 31-17. I hereby announce my new venture, "Kushibo's Pretty Good Stock Tips."
- Pyongyang warns Seoul that any efforts to bring down the North Korean government would be met with "strong measures" from the DPRK military (AP via WaPo, Joongang Daily)
- Two Koreas fail to reach agreement on resuming cross-border tours (Yonhap, Korea Herald)
- Opposition parties agree to submit resolution for impeachment of prime minister (Joongang Daily, Korea Herald)
- Former Samsung chair Lee Kun-hee attends Olympic meeting in Vancouver after being reinstated to IOC seat following pardon for tax evasion (Yonhap, Joongang Daily)
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il meets with Chinese delegation hoping to woo DPRK back to six-party denuclearization talks (Yonhap, Korea Herald)
- South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeunghyun says it's premature to raise interest rates since business investment remains weak and asset prices are under control (Bloomberg)
- South Korean courts side with banks over currency options called KIKO that were designed to hedge against a rising Korea won (Bloomberg, Yonhap, Korea Herald, Joongang Daily)
- KRW falls to six-week low on European debt concerns (Bloomberg)
- National Assembly committee approves plan to send PKO troops to Haiti (Yonhap)
- Toyota Korea says it will recall Prius in Korea if parent company announces general recall (Joongang Daily)
- To protect travelers' privacy, Ōsaka's Kansai International Airport announces that all passengers passing through full body scanners will be rendered as manga (NYT)
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