North Korean Leader Reiterates Vow to Provide Rice

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SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has said his immediate ambition is to end his people's dependence on corn for subsistence and feed them rice and wheat products, state media said M

North Korea, Vietnam Pledge to Promote Cooperation

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SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea and Vietnam vowed to further boost their cooperation and friendship on the 60th anniversary of their establishment ofbilateral diplomatic ties, Pyongyang's media said

Seoul shares turn weaker late morning

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SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.28 percent lower late
Thursday morning as losses of financial shares outweighed auto gains caused by a

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