SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's telecom regulator decided Wednesday to
lift a requirement for locally-sold handsets to be embedded with a unique

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Mobis Co., the auto-parts affiliate of Hyundai
Motor Co., said Wednesday it will go ahead with a plan to take over its affiliate

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SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean defector who escaped from an

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- The military government of the early 1980s barred
students with a record of political activism from working in the government,

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean woman trying to defect has been staying
in a third country after escaping from an inter-Korean industrial complex in the

By Tony Chang

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INCHEON, Dec.

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's currency surged nearly 4 percent against the U.S.

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 3.62 percent higher Wednesday as investors picked up bank and automobile shares, shrugging off overnight Wall Street losses, analysts said.