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.
Seoul shares jump for 3rd day on improved investor confidence
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed up 1.44 percent Monday on improved market sentiment following a recent currency swap deal with the U.S.
Merck to shut down plant in S. Korea
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck & Co.
Today in Korean history
Nov. 4
1920 -- Korea's national sports council holds the country's first baseball championship for junior high and high school students at Seoul's Baejae High School.
S. Korea pushes to expand spy law
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- Seoul is pushing for new legislation to combat industrial espionage by allies and countries other than North Korea, officials said Monday.
Ssangyong Motor's sales plunge 35.2 pct in October
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- Ssangyong Motor Co., the South Korean unit of China's Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., said Monday October sales plummetted 35.2 percent from a year ago.
