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By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak said on Monday that his bid

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors indicted an elder brother of former
President Roh Moo-hyun and several of his close acquaintances Monday over his

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea's
state-run power company, said Monday that it will cut its workforce by over 11

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp.,
South Korea's top two automakers, said Monday they cut combined sales target this

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., a unit of Hyundai Heavy
Industries Co., said Monday that an order it received earlier has been revised

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., a unit of Hyundai Heavy
Industries Co., said Monday that an order it received earlier has been revised

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SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.12 percent lower Monday
as investors took profits, disappointed with the government's delay in easing

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