SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean financial firms should grow bigger through
takeovers and overseas expansion if they are to enhance their global

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Sunday it will run an expanded fund to
provide more investment support for drug companies, a move aimed at bolstering

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's customs authorities said Sunday they
confiscated a total of 42 kilograms of narcotics in 150 cases of failed smuggling
attempts last year.

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- The chief of Korea Development Bank (KDB) warned Sunday
creditors of the financially-troubled Kumho Asiana Group will not guarantee the

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- A senior Chinese envoy visiting Pyongyang has met with
a top official of the North Korean Workers' Party, state media reported Sunday.

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SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Lim Soo-hyuk, former catcher of South Korean baseball

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) said Sunday it has
signed a deal with French state-owned nuclear group Areva SA to jointly develop a

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- The average operating margin at South Korea's large-cap
firms rose for the first time in five years in 2009, helped by their rising

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Police on Sunday seized more servers belonging to a
minor opposition party as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Lim Soo-hyuk, former catcher of South Korean baseball
club the Lotte Giants, died Sunday after spending nearly 10 years in a vegetative