Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on May 18.

Korean-language dailies
-- Next year's budget proposal takes aim at responding to low births; R&D to increase (Kookmin Daily)
-- Aging S. Korea's 'sad state of employment' (Donga Ilbo)
-- Child tax credit remains unchanged at 1.5 mln won for past 16 years (Chosun Ilbo)
-- Yoon calls for abolishing R&D feasibility studies, expanding investments (JoongAng Ilbo)
-- Current state of Gwangju-type job model's 'co-prosperity' (Hankyoreh)
-- Doctors who remain at hospitals say job is not about following the money (Hankook Ilbo)
-- Yoon vows to abolish R&D feasibility studies, to create foundation for growth (Maeil Business Newspaper)
-- China's warning: 'S. Korea's battery independence unlikely' (Korea Economic Daily)
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