Today's News..

1. The Ministry of Finance and Economy unveiled a tax law revision bill yesterday to lower tax rates on Mid- to Low income families, a move that would ease their tax burdens and possibly boost the will to work..]

2. Korea plans to open a local market that sells and buys carbon dioxid emission rights by the end of this year, the government said..

3. Presidnet Roh sent a congratulatory message to the "Dynamic Korea" ceremony at Beijing's Great Hall of the People yesterday to mark the 15th anniversary of Seoul-Beijing relations..

4. The Ministry of Health and Welfare set the nation's minimum cost of living for 2008 at 1.27 millioin won for a family of four, up five percent form this year..

5. Korea's Olympic football team posted a 2-1 comback win over Uzbekistan in the opener of the final qualifying round for next year's Beijing Olympics..



Pursuit of the plastic surgery stems from emotional reasons..

A recent study has found women who underwnet breast augmentaion surgery were three times as likely to commit suicide and meet their deaths from alchol and substance abuse comparied with women who did not get implants. The study recored the cause of death of 3,257 Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants from 1965 to 1993.. The study doest not imply that implants themselves increase the possibility of suicide and tragic deaths. The study suggests that women who chose to get the implants may have psychological issues that require attention. Currently 300,000 American women undergo breast augmentation surgery a year and have many wondering if mental health screening is needed..



The darker the fruit or vegetables the better..

The compouns that give many fruits and vegetables their dark colors may be the key to fighting cancer. A study found the pigments that make fruits red, purple and blue were expecially effecitive at slowing the growth of colon cancer cells and in some studies killed as many as 20% of the cancer cells while leaving the healthy ones undisturbed.. In addition, the more exotic plants were found to be the most powerful.."Isolating the substances- and tweaking them so that ther are even potent.."



From Morning Special..