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KOSPI 1,788.39 UP 11.71 points (open)
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Korea turning waste to profit with landfills
By Rick Ruffin Contributing writer SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- From the Google Earth imagery, Sudokwon landfill west of Seoul looks like a golf course.
Excitement building up ahead of world championships
DAEGU, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- With the start of the World Championships in Athletics just three days away, excitement has been building in the host city of Daegu.
Hyundai Motor union accepts 5.41 pct wage hike
SEOUL, Aug.
S. Korea, Uzbekistan sign gas field, plant construction deals totaling $4.1 bln
(ATTN: UPDATES with quotes from Lee, Karimov in paras 9-11; ADDS photos) By Chang Jae-soon TASHKENT, Aug.
EDITORIAL from JoongAng Daily on Aug. 24
An incomprehensible protest An event outside Seoul City Hall showing N.C Heiken???s ???Kimjongilia,???
EDITORIAL from Korea Herald on Aug. 24
Vote on welfare populism Today, Seoul citizens express their views on the controversy over school lunches in a referendum. They are asked to choose between two opposing schemes ???
Voting begins in Seoul's crucial free lunch referendum
By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Aug.
N. Korean leader visits Baikal ahead of summit with Medvedev
ULAN-UDE, Russia, Aug.
