Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

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Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Oct. 21.

Korean-language dailies

-- Politics halt at edge of prosecutors' knife (Kyunghyang Shinmun)

-- Prosecution questions illegal fund for presidential election; Lee's side defends, saying it had enough donations (Kookmin Daily)

-- Lee's confidant Kim Yong returned 100 mln won to Yu Dong-kyu after media reports on Daejang-dong (Donga Ilbo)

-- Prosecutors poke at '800 mln-won Daejang-dong,' aim at Lee Jae-myung (Seoul Shinmun)

-- Lee says he did not spend a penny; ruling party accuses opposition of defending corruption (Segye Times)

-- Korea Military Academy no longer makes course on Korean War mandatory (Chosun Ilbo)

-- 'Kim Yong received kickbacks worth hundreds of millions of won during Wirye project' (JoongAng Ilbo)

-- Parliamentary audits crippled by hawkish prosecution (Hankyoreh)

-- 'Kim Yong received 100 mln won in 2014 from Daejang-dong project' (Hankook Ilbo)

-- Confusion in bond market grew as gov't sat idle about distortions (Maeil Business Newspaper)

-- Commercial paper market under panic; financing tightens (Korea Economic Daily)

English-language dailies

-- Moon aide questioned over fishermen repatriation (Korea JoongAng Daily)

-- Parliamentary audit falls into chaos as main opposition denounces probe (Korea Herald)

-- DP says corruption probe is pure payback (Korea Times)

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