By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's current account swung to a deficit in
January as the global economic slump dealt a heavy blow to exports, the mainstay

SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South
Korean newspapers on Feb. 27.

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Thursday its peacekeeping unit in
Lebanon has treated nearly 10,000 local patients free of charge as part of its

SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- A female North Korean boxer has been stripped of her
international championship after missing a defense match for unspecified reasons,

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea may have advanced its fuel type and
injection systems for its long-range ballistic missile, allowing its leader Kim

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from para 7)

SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Thursday questioned two activists who
brought in North Korean bills for their leaflet campaign criticizing North Korea,

SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's
decision to hand down the death sentence to a man convicted of killing two

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By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court accepted a request by a North Korean

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- A majority of South Korean manufacturing companies
forecast their business will remain sluggish in the second quarter of the year