SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks plunged 1.79 percent in a volatile
session late Monday morning on deepening concerns over a global economic
slowdown, analysts said.

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- Foreign investment in South Korea has jumped over 40
percent so far this year in a turnaround from recent years despite a global

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By Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- Heads of South Korean plants operating at an

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of C&Heavy Industries Co., a South Korean
shipbuilder, said Monday they are considering putting the cash-squeezed firm on a

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- Six major affiliates of LG Group, South Korea's
third-largest family-run business conglomerate, said Monday they will pay their

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean companies are facing growing cash
shortages amid a credit crunch, with their financial burdens increasing sharply,

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (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, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's prime minister will travel to the Middle
East later this week to discuss energy cooperation and enhanced economic ties,

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The government aims to support construction of a
large-scale, high-tech glass greenhouse complex next year to help increase South

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumption of oil-related products
declined sharply in October despite recent falls in international crude oil