Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on April 23.

Korean-language dailies
-- Rival parties agree on 'staged abolition of investigative powers' by prosecution (Kyunghyang Shinmun)
-- Rival parties agree on compromise deal on abolishing prosecution's investigative powers (Kookmin Daily)
-- Compromise deal calls for abolition of prosecution's direct investigations upon launch of serious crime probe body (Donga Ilbo)
-- Top prosecutors offer to resign en masse as rival parties agree on compromise deal (Segye Times)
-- Politicians, ranking public officials feared to escape prosecution probe (Chosun Ilbo)
-- Top prosecutors resign en masse in protest over rival parties' agreement (JoongAng Ilbo)
-- Spring has yet to come for patients of Hansen's disease on Sorok Island (Hankyoreh)
-- Rival parties agree on abolition of prosecution's investigative powers; top prosecutors resign en masse (Hankook Ilbo)
-- Korean won, KOSPI take dive over Powell's signaling of big step (Maeil Business Newspaper)
-- Rival parties agree on abolition of prosecution's investigative powers (Korea Economic Daily)
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