Seoul shares fall 4.34 pct on U.S. losses
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks tumbled 4.34 percent late Thursday
morning as overnight Wall Street plunges triggered a selling spree, analysts
said.
Gov't to inject 716 billion won in supporting underprivileged
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government plans to provide 716
billion won (US$482 million) to assist lower-income families pay for heating and
S. Korea forecast to post single-digit export growth in 2009
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's export growth is likely to slow to
single digits next year as fears of a prolonged global recession sap demand for
The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR)
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (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.
LG releases Windows-based smartphone in U.S.
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc., the world's fifth-largest mobile
phone manufacturer, said Thursday it has released a smartphone in the U.S. that
Watchdog urges central bank to take more action
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator said Thursday
the central bank needs to consider buying commercial papers and cutting its key
Foreign military attaches to visit combat training center
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- A group of foreign military attaches stationed in
Seoul will participate in a mock drill at an Army training center on Friday as
S. Korea, Kyrgyzstan agree on double-taxation avoidance deal
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Kyrgyzstan have agreed to sign a
double-taxation avoidance pact to boost bilateral investment and other exchanges,
Asset manager found dead in apparent suicide amid financial turmoil
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- An asset manager was found dead Thursday in a Seoul
hotel in what appeared to be a suicide driven by investment losses in the wake of
