(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with circulation of draft deal)
By Lee Chi-dong
BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- China issued a draft agreement Tuesday on ways to

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Total earnings of foreign bank branches in South Korea
more than tripled this year due mainly to increased foreign exchange gains

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean chemicals producer Korea Kumho
Petrochemical Co., said Tuesday that it has won a patent infringement lawsuit

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- China circulated a draft of a key agreement on
Tuesday to the other participants of the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.26 percent lower late
Tuesday morning as investors locked in profits from the previous session's steep
gains, analysts said.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. aims to raise its share
of the global mobile phone market to the 20-percent range in 2009 by releasing

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's Ri Ye-gyong has reaped the Silver Shoe
award by scoring the second most goals at the under-20 women's World Cup in which

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (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.

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- A 29-year-old Air Force captain was named Tuesday as
South Korea's "Top Gun" of the year, the highest honor given to combat pilots.

INCHEON, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na returned home
Tuesday, coolly acknowledging the pressure of having to compete in front of a