Lee reluctant to replace finance minister
By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday praised Finance
Minister Kang Man-soo for playing a key role in concluding a US$30 billion
Kyongnam Bank brings in US$60 mln loan
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean provincial bank said Thursday it has
secured a US$60 million loan from an overseas lender as part of efforts to help
KB Financial Q3 net reaches 568 bln won
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- KB Financial Group Inc., South Korea's third-largest
financial services group, said Thursday its net profit reached 568 billion won
Constitutional Court upholds law for blind masseuses
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld South
Korea's medical law which grants massage licenses exclusively to the blind,
Hyundai Heavy Q3 net drops 33 pct on higher costs
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest
shipbuilder, said Thursday that its third-quarter net profit fell 33 percent
Seoul shares soar 12 pct on swap deal, U.S. rate cut
(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom)
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished almost 12 percent higher
Lee cites N. Korean leader as drag on national brand
By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday that North
Korean leader Kim Jong-il is one of three major factors undermining South Korea's
(2nd LD) Constitutional Court upholds controversial adultery law
(ATTN: RECASTS lead; ADDS background; UPDATES throughout; CORRECTS man actress
admitted to affair with in para 5)
World's economy already passed worst stage: Mundell
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- Nobel economics laureate Robert Mundell said Thursday
the worst of the world economic crisis was over, saying the U.S. is now in the
(News Focus) Currency swap with U.S. to ease market jitters
(ATTN: UPDATES 16th para with closing prices)
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's currency swap deal with the U.S. is
