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By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Friday urged domestic

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SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea believes the global economic crisis has

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- Despite the fierce nationwide opposition it fueled for
months, the South Korean government's decision to resume U.S. beef imports and

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, said
Friday it has promoted two presidents to vice chairmen amid a series of measures

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- Thousands of unionized workers at South Korea's
broadcasting stations launched a coordinated walkout Friday to protest against

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea believes the global economic crisis has
left lessons to be learned, including the danger of foreign investment, according

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans consumed nearly 920 tons of China-made
snacks this year contaminated with the toxin melamine that is known to cause

The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Friday.

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will extend government loans to investors
in tours to a North Korean mountain resort to help stem mounting losses from the

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (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.