SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Aug. 7.

Korean-language dailies

-- Tough heat shows no signs of ending (Kyunghyang Shinmun)

-- Economy at brink of heat exhaustion; consumer prices, economic growth hit by heat wave shock (Kookmin Daily)

-- Sweltering Seoul of 40 C (Donga Ilbo)

-- People share ways to survive scorching heat (Seoul Shinmun)

-- Seoul touches 39.9 C; stronger heat wave to hit country (Segye Times)

-- Tenants fear calls from homeowners (Chosun Ilbo)

-- K-escalator manufacturers rise from dead (JoongAng Ilbo)

-- Gov't, Seoul at odds over housing supply policies (Hankyoreh)

-- Real estate tax changed 9 times over past 20 yrs; even tax accountants confused (Hankook Ilbo)

-- Deflated value-up program; 85 pct of listed firms experience price drop since 3rd capital market at revision (Maeil Business Newspaper)

-- Tens of billions of won injected into 'great semiconductor opening' (Korea Economic Daily)

English-language dailies

-- Lee orders all-out response as heat rages, drought deepens (Korea Herald)

-- No retirement? Why more Koreans work into their 70s (Korea Times)

-- President orders vigilance as heat rages on (Korea JoongAng Daily)

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