Bond market fund to set sail in mid-Dec.

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SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Banks, insurers and brokerage houses are poised to
launch a 10-trillion-won (US$6.9 billion) bond fund in mid-December in an effort

N. Korea names new envoy to Lebanon

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SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's ambassador to Syria has been named to serve concurrently as envoy to Lebanon, according to a report by the North's state media on Tuesday.

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