SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean businesses and unions agreed on a near-5
percent wage increase on average in 2008, marking a slight increase from the

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Daewoo Electronics Co. have decided to end
negotiations with a U.S.-based private equity fund to sell a controlling stake in

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- The government said Wednesday it will announce sweeping
investment plans this month mostly focused on developing core technologies in a

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SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean farmers' organization said Wednesday it

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top business group Samsung said Wednesday
it will reshuffle its management this month in the first executive shake-up since

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-largest business
conglomerate, said Wednesday it expects the government to give a final nod for it

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- "Iljimae Returns," an upcoming prime time TV drama to
be aired by Korea's major broadcaster MBC, tells a lot just by its name.

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- Hit by the economic downturn and a deluge of foreign
films, South Korean movies saw their worst sales in eight years in 2008, a local

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean scientists have developed a high-tech
process to extract commercially viable chemical compounds from a biodiesel

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign minister said Wednesday that his
country is seeking various ways to expand its role in Afghanistan, hinting