SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean bank loans to households rose for a
seventh month in August mainly due to increased student loans and deficit

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SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Unification Ministry said Monday it
expects North Korea's removal from a U.S. terrorism blacklist will positively

SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial watchdog said Monday the
government will allow industrial groups to hold bigger stakes in banks in a move

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SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- The chief executive officer of the state-run Korea

SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks rose about 1.6 percent late Monday
morning, on hopes that leaders around the globe may soon join efforts to tackle

SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Trade Ministry said Monday that it will
discuss ways to expand a free trade deal with its Chilean counterpart in two-day

SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- A peace prize to commemorate victims of a U.S.
massacre in South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War will be established this

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SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won jumped against the U.S. dollar

SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- Officials from South Korea and India will meet next
week in New Delhi to discuss ways to boost their bilateral trade in defense

SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- General Motors Corp. will begin selling its new
Chevrolet Cruze compact car in South Korea next month, the U.S. automaker's local
unit said Monday.