China invites North Korean leader for summit: report
SEOUL, Feb.
Thursday's weather forecast
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Thursday.
Hyundai Motor idles production lines
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- Top South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said
Thursday it has again idled some of its production lines to cope with a rising
Koreans' card usage up 22.3 pct in 2008
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans' use of plastic money including credit
and check cards rose 22.3 percent in 2008 from a year earlier as more people
U.S. basketball players indicted for alleged marijuana smoking
SUWON, South Korea, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Thursday that they indicted
three American athletes playing in South Korea's professional basketball league for
S. Korea reviews U.S. human rights report for possible errors
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government is looking at the newly
published U.S. report on human rights to see if it contains erroneous information
Seoul shares up 1.69 pct in late morning
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks extended earlier gains to 1.69
percent late Thursday morning as investors picked up finance and telecom shares,
analysts said.
LG Display releases 27-inch full HD screen
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- LG Display Co., the world's second-largest maker of
liquid crystal displays (LCD), said Thursday it has released a 27-inch full HD
Overseas resource investment hits record high in 2008
By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean investments in overseas resource
development surged to a record high in 2008 as local companies scrambled to
S. Korea's Feb. trade surplus to reach US$3 bln: minister
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade surplus is expected to reach US$3
billion in February largely due to a sharp drop in imports, a top government
