- Forty-six K-league players are indicted over soccer match-fixing (NYT, CNN)
- Delegates for Pyongchang's Olympic bid get heroes' welcome after their succes in Durban, South Africa (AFP, Yonhap)
- Ruling and opposition parties quickly agree on legislation to support Pyongchang's efforts to prepare for 2018 Winter Olympics (Joongang Daily)
- South Korean government and corporations sign development deals in Congo and Ethiopia (Yonhap, Bloomberg)
- President Lee gets his hands dirty in Ethiopia (Yonhap)
- North Korean document from 1998 indicates that Pyongyang paid Pakistani military leaders US$3.5 million for nuclear weapons technology (AP via WaPo, CNN, UPI, Chosun Ilbo)
- Possible metallic drums found buried beneath military base where toxic Agent Orange is alleged to have been buried (Yonhap, Korea Times, Joongang Daily)
- Hana agrees to cut acquisition price of controlling stake in beleaguered Korea Exchange Bank 6 percent to US$4.1 billion and extend deadline by six months (Reuters, Bloomberg)
- Following Pyonchang's successful bid for 2018 Winter Olympics, Japanese Olympic Committee says it may consider withdrawing Tokyo's bid for 2020 Summer Olympics (AP via WaPo)
- Kushibo's note: Nooooooo! (more later)
- South Korea breaks ground on new resettlement facility, to supplement existing Hanawon, for North Korean defectors (CNN)
- Standard Chartered to suspend branch operations in South Korea as strike approaches third week (Bloomberg)
- Defense Minister Kim Kwanjin orders review of military discipline following rampage on Kanghwa-do Island marine base that left four dead (Yonhap)
- Seoul proposes talks with Pyongyang next week to resolve issue of frozen assets at North Korea's Kŭmgangsan Resort (Korea Times, Yonhap)
- South Korea may take its case to United Nations tourism agency (Yonhap)
- Opposition Democratic Party calls for renegotiation of Korea-US free-trade agreement to provide more balance (Yonhap)
- Ruling party leader decides against further tax cuts large companies in order to seek votes from poor (Yonhap)
- Two North Korean players fail drug tests at FIFA Women's World Cup (AP via WaPo, AFP)
- Following Pyongchang's win for 2018 Winter Olympics hosting rights, the search is on for the world's ugliest mascot possible (AP via WaPo)
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