By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is
expected to press South Korea to speak up about human rights abuses in Myanmar

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with comments by Lee's aides, U.S. stance, other details)
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak stressed Tuesday that his

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The military is seeking to increase financial benefits
for air force pilots to slow an exodus of servicemembers to major airlines

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean-made food products designed for use in
space have won certification from a Russian laboratory, the government here said
Tuesday.

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Orion Corp., a South Korean snack maker, said Tuesday
it has been in talks with two firms to sell the local restaurant chain Bennigan's
run by its unit.

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Sales at South Korea's department stores rose 10.5
percent in 2009 from a year ago, government data showed Tuesday, supporting signs

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak stressed Tuesday that his
government will never pay a "price" to the North in return for an inter-Korean

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Short-term overseas borrowing by South Korean financial
firms jumped in the August-December period of 2009 as the global financial

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Uzbek President Islam Karimov plans to visit South
Korea next week for talks on joint economic projects and international issues,