SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- A freighter registered to Japan, whose crewmen include
five South Koreans, was hijacked by an armed group in waters off Somalia on late

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his
aides attending the Group of 20 summit here on Saturday summarized the

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has attended a
military art performance, the North's news agency reported Sunday amid lingering

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- The number of top-selling South Korean-made products
around the world fell by one in 2006 to 58 from the previous year, a report by

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted its second monthly trade surplus in
October thanks to a decline in energy-related imports and modest export gains to

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- U.S. citizens will be allowed to visit South Korea for
up to 90 days visa-free starting this week, a reciprocal measure to Korea's

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has no plan to draw short-term loans
from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) despite repeated lending proposals

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- The slowdown in the national economy triggered by the
U.S. financial debacle and general decline in worldwide growth is expected to

BEIJING, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's founder and late leader Kim Il-sung
officially supported denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, a declassified Chinese

By Kim Young-gyo
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- When a government official opens an interview with a
reference to a Tolstoy novella you can be sure you're talking to the culture