By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has dismissed its pointman on South Korea
for misjudging Seoul's conservative administration, government sources said

Jan. 6

1926 -- Japan completes construction of the Japanese Governor-General's office
inside Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul.

(ATTN: UPDATES with details of reactions in paras 10-11, bottom)
By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Opposition lawmakers partially disbanded their

(ATTN: ADDS economist's remarks in para 9)
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rose in

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea announced a plan Monday to provide
US$300,000 worth of humanitarian aid to people in the Gaza Strip which remains

(ATTN: ADDS three paras near the bottom; minor changes throughout)
By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- A boy lives his whole life believing he is merely a

(ATTN: ADDS SAIC, Korea Development Bank resume negotiations over a possible
restructuring plan, share reaction in paras 9-10)

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Vehicle importer Audi Volkswagen Korea is recalling 332
sedans of Bentley Continental series due to several production defects, the

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Kang Man-soo on Monday called for
local banks and financial institutes to inject "enough" liquidity into the

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator on Monday called
on local lenders to restructure troubled companies as quickly as possible in