(ATTN: ADDS share price in para 5; UPDATES with details in company's statement in
paras 10-11)
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of
computer memory chips, said Friday that its third-quarter earnings fell 44.4

By Yoo Cheong-mo
BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, China, Japan and 10 member states of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday agreed to create an

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES with central bank official's remarks in paras 5,6)
By Kim Soo-yeon

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened more than 2.5 percent lower
Friday as concerns grew over global financial instability and a possible economic

By Yoo Cheong-mo
BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese
Prime Minister Taro Aso on Friday agreed to cooperate more closely in combating

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- A group of 11 South Korean officials will leave for
Somalia next week to determine whether their government should dispatch naval

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew at the slowest pace in
four years in the third quarter due to sluggish domestic demand and lagging

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- The Galleria Department Store, a luxurious shopping
mall in the heart of affluent southern Seoul, seems unusually empty.

BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was to meet
with leaders of 42 other Asian and European member states of the Asia-Europe