Daily Kor for May 6, 2010

Daily Kor is back! We couldn't miss KJI's visit to Beijing. Okay, so he's arrived. I guess yesterday's news that the Dear Leader was in Dandong or Dalian was the equivalent of reaching Barstow on the way to Vegas.

Oh, and I'm psyched because of Korean Air's expansion of the under-serviced Seoul-Honolulu route, which hopefully will add convenience while dropping prices. Come visit, and I'll buy you a Blue Hawaiian or a kona coffee.

1. Kim Jong-il arrives in Beijing, holds summit with PRC President Hu Jintao (Reuters, BBC, WSJ, AFP, CNN, Yonhap, Donga Ilbo, Joongang Daily, Korea Herald, Korea Times)
1. Did Little L'il Kim accompany Dad to China? (Donga Ilbo)
2. North Korea denies plot to assassinate high-level defector Hwang Jang-yop (BBC, Joongang Daily)
3. ROK per capita income likely to exceed $30,000 by 2015 (Yonhap)
4. Traces of explosives found on Chonan (AFP)
5. AZN hires Goldman and JP Morgan for KEB bid (Reuters)
6. KRW weakens most in five months on European debt crisis (Bloomberg)
• South Korea's plight in a nutshell: Damned if you do, damned if others do, too.
7. South Korea among thirteen nations offering aid to US over oil spill (AP via WaPo)
8. Olympic speedskating medalists get suspension over match fixing (Donga Ilbo)
9. Al Qaeda to US: "Stop merging your airlines, we need the targets" (AFP)