SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's SK Engineering & Construction Co. said
Tuesday that it has clinched a US$373 million deal to build four skyscrapers in

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Tuesday it provided
US$3 billion in loans to local banks, which have been suffering from a dollar

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices grew at a faster pace in February than in the previous month on increased gasoline and other oil product costs, a government report showed T

By Lee Joon-seung

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started sharply lower Tuesday as investor sentiment took a beating from overnight Wall Street plunges, analysts said.

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's corporate bond issuance rose 10.5
percent in February from a month earlier on increased cash needs amid an economic

By Byun Duk-kun
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and New Zealand will soon
hold their first round of negotiations on concluding a trade pact, possibly

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- Total earnings by life insurers operating in South
Korea tumbled 55.5 percent on-year in the first three quarters of fiscal 2008,

(ATTN: DELETES para 5 saying N. Korea demanded removal of UN Command; ADDS
participants of Wednesday's talks in para 6, statement by S. Korean defense
spokesman in para 8)