Securities firms' H1 net sinks 66 pct
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- Total earnings of securities firms in South Korea
tumbled 66.1 percent in the first half of fiscal 2008 as commission income
S. Korea to hold overseas promotion event for state bonds
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Sunday that it will hold a promotion
event in Singapore this week to explain current economic conditions in South
Four soldiers wounded in grenade explosion
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- Four South Korean soldiers were wounded Sunday when a
grenade blew up at their barracks in a guard post near the inter-Korean border,
the Army said.
S. Korea to launch first maritime weather satellite in 2009
By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will launch its first maritime
communication and weather satellite into space in June 2009, the government said
Strong yen fuels Japanese distributors interest in S. Korean products: gov't
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- The surge in the Japanese yen is spurring interest
among major Japanese distributors in South Korean-made products, which can help
S. Korean public firms cut employment sharply
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-invested companies have sharply
reduced their employment this year amid an economic slump and a government plan
S. Korea, Colombia agree to push for FTA
LIMA, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Colombian
President Alvaro Uribe agreed to push for a free trade agreement between the two
