SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to amend its criminal laws to allow
authorities to confiscate funds and assets related to terrorist activities in an

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (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. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's labor productivity in the manufacturing
sector fell in the third quarter of last year amid slumping domestic demand and

By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The Constitutional Court upheld a law on Monday that
bars firefighters from joining or creating a labor union.

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The chief of Ssangyong Motor Co.'s union called for
members Monday to go on strike against potential job cuts amid concerns that the

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Opposition lawmakers partially disbanded their
occupation of the National Assembly on Monday, opening room for talks following a

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has inspected an
artillery unit, the North's news agency said Monday, continuing a round of

((ATTN: RECASTS lead; TRIMS; ADDS response from US side in para 4; CORRECTS
attendants of meeting in para 3)
By Sam Kim

(By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- A boy lives his whole life believing he is merely a
boy. He knows no other than to love, cherish and respect an older male, his

By Kim Hyun
GOSEONG, South Korea, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- On winter holidays, this northernmost
county on the east coast would formerly bustle with tourists stopping by on their