SEOUL, March 8 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of major South Korean newspapers on Thursday, prepared by Reuters in Seoul. Reuters has not checked the stories and does not guarantee their accuracy.

CHOSUN ILBO

- The U.S. State Department stated in a human rights report that despite laws prohibiting prostitution, it is still widespread in South Korea.

- According to the Samsung Economic Research Institute, South Korean women will account for more than 20 percent of the leaders in the areas of journalism, politics, education and law.

- The average time it takes for a South Korean college graduate to find a job is 10.7 months, according to JobKorea, an online employment agency.

DONG-A ILBO

- At the U.S.-North Korea talks, North Korea has admitted to having highly enriched uranium (HEU) devices, according to a diplomatic source.

- The North Korean Red Cross has requested its South Korean counterpart donate 300,000 tonnes of fertiliser, said unification ministry spokesman Yang Chang-suk.

JOONGANG ILBO

- In a JoongAng Ilbo poll, 42 percent of Grand National Party representatives said they support presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak while 37 percent support Park Geun-hye.

- During a lecture at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Ning Fukui warned South Koreans to refrain from thinking they can easily earn profits in China.

- Hyundai Motor <005380.KS> and Kia Motors <000270.KS> have frozen the wages for managers and executives, a company official said.

HANKYOREH

- The education ministry announced it will aim to replace all textbooks with digital textbooks by the year 2013.

MAEIL BUSINESS NEWSPAPER

- Hankook Tire <000240.KS> will increase production at its Hungary plant and is considering building a plant in India within the next five years to reach its goal of producing 100 million tyres a year, said Cho Hyun-bum, Hankook Tire vice president.

KOREA ECONOMIC DAILY

- The presidential Blue House has appointed Lee Won-geol, former vice minister of commerce, industry, and energy, as president of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) <015760.KS>.

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