(ATTN: UPDATES with U.N. secretary general's remarks in paras 6-7)
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President George W. Bush Tuesday urged the

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rice reserve falls below the minimum
limit set by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a government report
said Tuesday.

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has lost 42,513 hectares of forest land
in the last five years, a report by the Korea Forest Service said Tuesday.

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The National Human Rights Commission said Tuesday
that it has decided to create a special committee examining human rights

JEJU, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean boat that may have operated beyond its
permitted fishing grounds has been caught by Japanese authorities, the National

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's instant noodle exports shot up 26.5
percent on-year in the first seven months of this year fueled by greater overseas

INCHEON, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen
Stephens said Tuesday that she will make her utmost efforts to bring the

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's main opposition party on Tuesday called
on the government to put more effort into getting stalled inter-Korean economic

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Cases of child abuse increased by 43 percent during
the past four years, but more than 90 percent of the perpetrators went

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's enhanced transparency in the public
sector helped move it up to the 40th spot out of 180 countries in a global