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, 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

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By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. troops serving in South Korea under a decades-old

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.

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SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court stripped an independent lawmaker of

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throughout)
By Kim Soo-yeon

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.

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- The government is considering providing liquidity to
local auto parts makers to help them overcome a cash crunch stemming from auto

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. troops coming to serve in South Korea under a
decades-old joint defense pact will begin what the U.S. calls "normal" three-year

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, said
Thursday it had signed an agreement with Tele Atlas, a Dutch digital map-making