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S. Korean stocks crash on Lehman collapse

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S. Korea orders Lehman Brothers to halt operations

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S. Korean Bond Yields on Sept. 16, 2008

Today (%) Previous Session (%) Change (%P)

1-year TB 5.24 5.34 -0.1

N. Korea to send new deputy foreign minister to U.N. assembly

By Lee Chi-dong

Renowned Chinese, Japanese writers to visit Seoul

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- Renowned writers from China and Japan are to visit Seoul later this month to attend a forum on East Asian literature, organizers said Tuesday.

S. Korean stocks crash on Lehman collapse

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks nosedived more than 6 percent to an 18-month low Tuesday on panic selling following the demise of Lehman Brothers Holdings, analysts said.