Nearly 7 out of 10 South Koreans voiced support for a gradual increase in the medical school admission quota rather than a drastic hike, a survey showed Monday. The survey of 1,000 South Koreans aged 18 and older commissioned by the national medical professors’ council showed that 68.9 percent of the respondents said raising the number of medical school students

Monday’s closing prices (KRW) of KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange. Youngpoong 310,000 DN 5,500 HyundaiEng and Const 32,150 UP 150 SamsungF and MIns 360,000 UP 13,500 Kogas 51,100 DN 1,100 HANALL BIOPHARMA 37,850 DN 2,200 Hanwha 29,050 0 SBHC 19,790 DN 200 TaihanElecWire 12,090 DN 210 Hyundai M and F INS 35,200 UP 400 Daesang

SK 143,000 DN 200 COWAY 66,700 DN 500 POSCO DX 30,400 UP 3,800 LOTTE SHOPPING 61,900 DN 500 IBK 14,040 UP 230 DONGSUH 18,360 DN 270 SamsungE and A 25,000 DN 350 SAMSUNG C and T 146,000 DN 1,700 PanOcean 3,575 DN 130 SAMSUNG CARD 44,100 UP 650 CheilWorldwide 18,360 UP 200 LOTTE WELLFOOD 139,900 DN 600 KT 39,100 UP

LGELECTRONICS 101,600 UP 2,200 L and F 97,600 UP 3,800 Celltrion 197,100 DN 5,900 TKG Huchems 18,580 DN 220 JB Financial Group 14,340 UP 180 DAEWOONG PHARM 147,800 DN 2,200 HYUNDAIDEPTST 47,250 DN 550 KIH 74,000 UP 1,200 GS 45,050 DN 100 LIG Nex1 192,200 DN 2,800 Fila Holdings 41,900 DN 450 HYUNDAIGLOVIS 112,600 UP 600 HANAFINANCIALGR 63,400 UP 1,500

Netmarble 58,200 DN 2,700 KRAFTON 323,000 DN 4,000 HD HYUNDAI 78,600 DN 2,300 HD HYUNDAI ELECTRIC 292,500 DN 13,000 ORION 91,300 DN 700 ILJIN HYSOLUS 20,200 DN 500 HANWHA SYSTEMS 18,900 UP 270 BGF Retail 119,300 UP 1,300 SKCHEM 48,750 DN 850 HYOSUNG TNC 292,500 DN 4,500 HYOSUNG ADVANCED 279,500 DN 3,500 HANILCMT 14,510 DN 270 SKBS 53,800 DN 1,700

LOTTE 24,500 DN 250 GCH Corp 16,040 DN 610 POSCO Holdings 360,000 UP 20,000 DB INSURANCE 117,900 UP 1,900 SLCORP 32,800 DN 900 Yuhan 140,000 DN 1,000 SamsungElec 74,400 UP 100 NHIS 13,790 UP 130 SamaAlum 49,600 UP 2,700 GC Corp 166,500 DN 4,400 GS E and C 20,400 DN 100 SAMSUNG SDI CO.,LTD. 369,000 UP 15,000 KPIC 102,700 DN

The health ministry said Monday it plans to deploy military physicians to hospital emergency rooms amid growing concerns over a possible disruption of emergency care during the Chuseok holiday due to a prolonged walkout by junior doctors. Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo told reporters the government would send some 250 military and public health doctors to cope with emergency

KG Mobility Corp., formerly known as SsangYong Motor Co., said Monday its August sales dropped 25 percent from a year earlier due to fewer working days over the summer vacation period and weak overseas demand. KG Mobility sold 8,128 vehicles last month, compared with 10,823 units sold a year earlier, the company said in a statement. Domestic sales inched up