SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to send 20,000 volunteer workers to
developing nations over the next five years, the country's foreign minister said
Friday.

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SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares closed 0.94 percent lower Friday

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SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest

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By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Hanwha Group said Friday it is necessary

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- The Constitutional Court dismissed on Friday a
petition to nullify the former administration's decision to close press rooms in
government ministries.

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest
maker of computer memory chips, said Friday it plans to launch a rights offering

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares closed 0.94 percent lower Friday
as concerns over slumping corporate performance and production cuts weighed on

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Hanwha Group said Friday it is necessary

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SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- Despite the fierce nationwide opposition it fueled for

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has dispatched two government officials to
Bangladesh to monitor parliamentary elections there next week, the foreign
ministry said Friday.