SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Oct. 20.
Korean-language dailies
-- Gov't considering deploying maritime patrol aircraft to Cheonghae Unit; Djibouti reviewed as port of call (Kyunghyang Shinmun)
-- South Korean stocks severely undervalued, gov't to come up with normalization measures, Lee says (Kookmin Daily)
-- Housing expenses rise 46 pct, wages up only 14 pct; young people struggle to pay rent (Donga Ilbo)
-- Lee says wartime operational control issue 'cannot be left as it is' (Seoul Shinmun)
-- Young people caught in '10 mln-won monthly wage' trap (Segye Times)
-- '6 years as national servants, what changed was only the name tag,' firefighters say (Chosun Ilbo)
-- Lee says wartime operational control 'cannot be left as it is,' must be retaken at early date (JoongAng Ilbo)
-- Lee says wartime operational control must be retaken at early date, negotiations with U.S. going well (Hankyoreh)
-- OPCON must be retaken at early date, U.S., S. Korea in close consultations: Lee (Hankook Ilbo)
-- 21 tln won in debt behind payments as self-employed shutter businesses (Maeil Business Newspaper)
-- 'AI debt binge' behind CoreWeave-led stock market fears (Korea Economic Daily)
English-language dailies
-- Korean rivalry over rockets, hypersonic missiles heats up (Korea JoongAng Daily)
-- Choo issues new apology as firefighter gaffe furor grows (Korea Herald)
-- Labor rigidity puts shipbuilders at disadvantage to China (Korea Times)
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