SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean lenders need to restructure nonviable
companies as quickly as possible in order to supply much-needed funds to viable

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (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.

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By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted its first trade deficit in more than

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency plunged 4.98 percent against
the U.S. dollar on the first trading day of 2009 Friday on strong dollar demand

(ATTN: CHANGES to 280,000 from 200,000 the number of jobs to be created in 14th
para, slug)
By Byun Duk-kun

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Friday in
the first session for 2009 as investors remained skeptical about an economic

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- Hyunai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. should put top
priority on boosting revenue by increasing overseas sales this year in an effort

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- A liberal legislator who campaigned against President
Lee Myung-bak in 2007 will head a parliamentary negotiating group this year,

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called for all-out

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted its first trade deficit in more than
a decade in 2008 due to the worldwide economic slump and a surge in energy