SEOUL, Jan 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's metropolitan and provincial governments
cut nearly 10,000 civil servant positions last year in line with President Lee

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By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso arrived in Seoul

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SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's travel account shortfall narrowed to

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's travel account shortfall narrowed to
US$3.1 billion in 2008 from $10.1 billion the previous year, as the weaker won

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's pointman on South Korea, who was earlier
said to have been sacked for misjudgment, is said to be undergoing what sources

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has recently opened a consulate branch
office in Dandong, a major Chinese city bordering North Korea, displaying its

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- The Japanese prime minister was due to meet South
Korea's president in Seoul later Sunday for talks widely expected to focus on

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Sunday.

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- God may not have intended any of it, but the divergent
languages that flowed from the Tower of Babel created a communication barrier

SEOUL, Jan.