SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks advanced 0.09 percent late Monday
morning as large-cap shares posted gains, analysts said.

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES with leaflet campaign, Clinton's upcoming visit,
missile activity)
By Kim Hyun

HONOLULU, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- Former Major League pitcher Kim Byung-hyun has been
excluded from South Korea's national baseball team, which is now training in

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (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.

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will try to
demonstrate her belief in the empowerment of women during her visit to

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will spend over 1.2 trillion won (US$852
million) in the next 10 years to build a nationwide network of bicycle paths

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SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea denied on Monday it was preparing to

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea denied on Monday it was preparing to
test-launch a long-range missile and denounced such intelligence reports coming

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Monday.