(ATTN: UPDATES from 4th para with abductee detail, official quote, minister's visit
to Beijing)
BEIJING/SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has conveyed to South Korea that

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Assembly speaker said Monday he
will use his authority to arbitrate between rival parties to break an ongoing

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea commissioned on Monday the first of three
Aegis destroyers, equipped with unrivaled attack capabilities and a

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- LG Display Co., the world's second-largest maker of
liquid crystal displays (LCD), said Monday it has developed an LCD panel that can

(ATTN: ADDS the labor union says talks on a capital injection failed in paras 7-8;
stock reaction in final para)

Today in Korean history
Dec. 23

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

(ATTN: UPDATES with four ministries' key 2009 policies in last five paras)
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