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By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- A senior aide to South Korean President Lee
Myung-bak arrived here Wednesday to meet with U.S. officials on the stalled North

SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- Choung Byoung-gug, a three-term lawmaker of the Grand
National Party (GNP), will be named the new secretary-general of the ruling party

By Kim Nam-hee
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- The nationwide race for local elected posts began in
earnest Tuesday, with preliminary candidates registering to run for the offices

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with President Lee's comments, more details)
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- The government will push for legislation this year to

SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's FIFA ranking moved up three notches to
49th in February, the world's governing body of football said Wednesday.

SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean businessman in Guatemala was found dead
on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after he was abducted by suspected gangsters

By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL Feb.3 (Yonhap) -- "Patriot Ahn Jung-geun firmly believed that the
fatherland was none other than a noble feeling and ideal, and his love toward the