SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan will hold
bilateral talks this week with his Australian and Turkish counterparts in London,

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SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells into

By Lee Chi-dong
NEW DELHI, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's "sales
diplomacy" pursued during his just-ended four-day state visit to India will prove

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Artillery shells fired by the divided Koreas into
waters off their west coast on Wednesday did not endanger a South Korean cargo

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SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- The two Koreas fired at each other off waters near the

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S.-based Prudential Financial Inc. will pick a prime
bidder for its two local units late this month after accepting final bids for

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Nong Shim Co., South Korea's biggest instant-noodle
maker, said Wednesday that its earnings jumped 62 percent last year on the back
of increased sales.

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's
second-largest shipbuilder, said Wednesday that its earnings increased 6.8

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SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished 0.72 percent lower

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SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Two outside directors with KB Financial Group Inc.