SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean business community on Sunday welcomed
the decision by the United States to remove North Korea from a list of countries

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By Lee Chi-dong

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By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top nuclear envoy said Sunday that North

SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- Employment by South Korea's manufacturing and mining
sector grew in 2007 at their slowest pace in six years though sales climbed

SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will reopen negotiations with Canada on
beef imports in early November, almost a year after their talks were suspended,

SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state-run media reported the country's
leader, Kim Jong-il, visited a military unit for the second consecutive day on

SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military authorities are paying close
attention to North Korean activities as tension is running high after Pyongyang's

SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expects six-way talks on North Korea's
nuclear program to be reconvened at an early date following a deal on

SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks' short-term foreign debts rose at
the fastest pace in eight years, the central bank said Sunday, leading to a

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By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- The United States removed North Korea from its