SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 1.14 percent lower late
Monday morning as investor sentiment was hurt by concerns of a global recession

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Local financial institutions will supply a combined 13
trillion won (US$9.5 billion) to help companies cope with a possible increase in

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (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, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Monday they have been working with
the finance ministry in the investigation of an influential on-line pundit

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group is selling its
non-core assets in an attempt to firm up its governance and hasten its

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Recurring disputes over history between South Korea
and Japan will not prevent the two nations from cooperating to overcome the

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SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea began preparing for its long-overdue

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Seoul and Tokyo will hold working-level discussions on
resuming free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations while working closely to

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministers of South Korea and Iraq were to
hold talks Monday on ways to expand ties after Seoul completed its four-year

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean officials said Monday that North Korea is
unlikely to send a high-profile envoy to the swearing-in ceremony of