Jeju Ilbo
1. Editorial
Stock management plan required
The provincial government will receive another one million shares of Jeju Air next year, bringing its total to two million shares, worth an estimated 80 billion won. The paper argues it is essential that there be specific plans to manage and utilize the holdings.

2. Society
Pork noodle soup ‘too expensive’
Prices for pork noodle soup at most of the restaurants along the so-called ‘noodle street’ in (일도) Ildo-2 dong are 7,000 won. That’s 29 percent higher compared with 2012. Customers say it’s overpriced, given that some restaurants use cheap imported pork.

Jemin Ilbo
1. Society
‘Unreliable’ predictions from Jeju think tank
The Jemin Ilbo is reporting that critics say the Jeju Development Institute’s demand forecast for local accommodations is unreliable. According its most recent study, there will be a glut of guest rooms beginning in the year 2018, but just a few years ago it said the island would not have enough.

2. Agriculture
Free use of agricultural machinery may be phased out
Welfare recipients have been able to rent agricultural machinery for free. The provincial is considering reducing or discontinuing the service following the discovery that some of the equipment has been misused.


Halla Ilbo
1. Education
Few Jeju students at SNU
Local high school students ranked at the top nationally in the most recent college entrance exam, but that’s not reflected in the number of Jeju students who are accepted at Seoul National University. The Halla Ilbo is urging authorities to analyze the reasons for the disconnect and come up methods to fix it.

2. Environment
Caterpillars nibbling away at cherry blossom leaves
Moth caterpillars are devouring the leaves of local cherry blossom trees. Authorities are spraying pesticide, but they say there are too many.

Yonhap
1. Diplomacy
Park to attend Chinese celebration
Yonhap is reporting that President Park Geun-hye will make a three-day visit to China next month to attend its celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Blue House hasn’t said if she will attend a military parade in Beijing that is expected to highlight Japan's surrender in the war.

2. Society
USFK colonel jumps from apartment in apparent suicide
A U.S. Army colonel jumped from an apartment in Seoul in an apparent suicide, police said Thursday. Yongsan Police Station said the 38-year-old was found dead earlier in the day in the parking lot of an apartment building in central Seoul.