By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Monday opened an extraordinary
session, with rival parties expected to once again lock horns over a disputed

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Hanjin Corp., the logistics unit of Hanjin Group, said
Monday that it has launched operations at South Korea's largest refrigerated

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SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.55 percent lower late
Monday morning as investors unloaded tech shares including Hynix Semiconductor,

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean naval commander Cho Duk-hyun will be
honored with a medal from the U.S. government for efforts he made while serving

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea's largest auto-parts
maker, said Monday it expects to boost sales by 24 percent this year, thanks to

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said Monday that
they have extended the deadline to accept bids for a controlling stake in the

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SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- The divided Koreas began talks Monday on ways to

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (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. 1 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean navy on Monday activated its first
high-mobility combat unit, designed to protect maritime transportation routes,