Today's News..

1. The conservative Grand National Party held its presidential primary at 248 polling booths nationwide yesterday. The results are expected to come in around 4:30 p.m. today..

2. The Uri Party announced on Saturday that it would disband and merge with the United New Domocratic Party..

3. The two Koreas agreed to reschedule the inter-Korea summit to Oct. 2-4 after North Korea requested a delay because of its extensive flood damage..

4. Taliban militants have threatened to start executing Korean hostages if the Korean delegation is not as activly involved in the negotiation as it was before..

5. The United Nations Committee urged Seoul to recognize the diversity of its society and overcome the obseesion with its racial homogeneity..


Two Koreas agree to reschedule summit..

Following a series of floods that have plagued the North, the two Koreas mutually agreed to put off the presidential summit until Oct. 2-4. The summit, which was originally scheduled for August 28-30, is going to be held to promote peace across the peninsula.. Issues such as the North's denuclearization and the co-operation between the two contries are on the agenda.. The stage has been set for the summit after the particulars were ironed out during the preparatory talks in Gaesong last week, but the wake of destruction left by floods in the North forced its country to request a rescheduling.. Cheongwadea held an emergency meeting on Saturday afternoon, in which they set October 2-4 as the new date, to which the North promptly agreed.. The North's flood recovery efforts include re-situaiting 300.000 people who were displaced from their homes by the disaster..



Peru bolsters security presence after rampant looting..

Hundreds of police and troop reinforcements were dispatched to the area south of Lima, Peru on Saturday to establish order after a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit the region on Wednesday.. Following the quake, which killled around 500 people and injured arond 1,500, much of the area is still without running water, electricity, or a regular supply of food. Shops, relief vehicles and aid storage sites have been targeted in heavily publicized waves of looting.. The escape of 500 convicts from a nearby prison that was damaged is also escalaing fears over sicurity.. Peruvian president stopped short of declaring martial law, and blamed the media for blowing the looting out of proportion.. He also called public panic over a psychological situaiotn..



From Morning Special..