BOK forecast to cut key rate for November
SEOUL, Nov.
Korean community in Virginia striving to gain political clout
By Hwang Doo-hyong
Microsoft unveils $60 mln investment plan for Korea
(ATTN: UPDATES with president's remarks at bottom)
By Yoo Cheong-mo
POSCO completes nickel-smelting plant in S. Korea
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- POSCO, the world's fourth-largest steelmaker, said Monday that it has completed a plant in South Korea that smelts nickel, increasing its supply of the raw material.
S. Korea posts trade surplus of US$1.22 bln in Oct.
(ATTN: UPDATES with information in para 2, 14; ADDS with comments in paras 3-5, 15-17)
By Lee Joon-seung
Renault Samsung's auto sales rise 19.8 pct in October
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- Renault Samsung Motors Co., the South Korean unit of French automaker Renault SA, said Monday its October auto sales rose 19.8 percent from a year earlier.
Lee vows not to discriminate against provinces
By Yoo Cheong-mo
Growth, investment are keys to overcoming economic downturn: Microsoft chief
(ATTN: ADDS with investment plan, meeting with President Lee Myung-bak from para 13)
Only 3 out of 10 indicted rapists jailed: report
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- Only about three out of every ten indicted rapists in South Korea received jail terms in 2006, a research paper by a local women's organization showed Monday.
