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By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- After months of renewed tension over a territorial

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's plan to send a warship to the Somali
waters to help fight pirates remains unchanged, and a related motion will be

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- The government said on Wednesday it plans to inject
more than 5.4 trillion won (US$4.06 billion) into the nation's job market next

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will pay a total of 2.5 trillion won
(US$1.89 billion) next year in compensation to the country's veterans and their

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- The government will expand shelters for women or
children suffering from domestic violence or sexual abuse, reinforcing social

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea vowed Wednesday that it will reinforce
leader Kim Jong-il's military-first policy, saying it has been the buttress of

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- The government granted its annual "Christmas parole"
on Wednesday to 1,373 felons, more than doubling the number from previous years

By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday ordered his
Cabinet to map out emergency welfare measures for the underprivileged,

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 1.81 percent lower late
Wednesday morning as investors became skittish over looming restructuring plans

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top plant builder Samsung Engineering
Co. said Wednesday a consortium led by it signed a US$1.4 billion deal to build