Main opposition calls on Lee to give up waterway project
By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Opposition parties pressed President Lee Myung-bak on
Thursday to entirely give up his plan to build a network of cross-country
(2nd LD) USFK to begin 'normal' three-year tours in 2009: commander
(LEAD: MODIFIES lead paras; UPDATES with additional remarks, more details)
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. troops serving in South Korea will begin
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Thursday.
Arrest warrant sought for ex-president's sponsor in corruption probe
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors requested an arrest warrant for a man who
sponsored former President Roh Moo-hyun on allegations of tax evasion and insider
Seoul shares up 0.42 pct in late morning
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares rose 0.42 percent late Thursday
morning on the central bank's drastic interest rate cut and overnight Wall Street
USFK to begin 'normal' three-year tours in 2009: commander
(LEAD: RECASTS headline; UPDATES with additional remarks from USFK commander)
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. troops serving in South Korea under a decades-old
The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR)
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (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.
Top court strips lawmaker of seat for defamation
(ATTN: UPDATES headline, throughout)
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court stripped an independent lawmaker of
(2nd LD) BOK cuts key rate to record low 3 pct
(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 4,6; UPDATES with market reaction in para 7; TRIMS
throughout)
By Kim Soo-yeon
Top court strips lawmaker of seat with guilty verdict
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an appellate
court's guilty verdict for an independent lawmaker on charges of defaming his
rival candidate.
