Today in Korean history

Jan. 17

1981 -- The opposition Democratic Korea Party is launched.

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will send food aid to North Korea as
planned, despite the North's threat over the South's reported contingency plan

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's third foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)
outbreak this year has been confirmed at two dairy farm in Pocheon, 45 kilometers

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SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has reported two more foot-and-mouth

By Byun Duk-kun
TOKYO, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will set up and manage a cyber secretariat
for a forum of East Asian and Latin American countries while hosting its

By Byun Duk-kun
TOKYO, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and
Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada urged North Korea on Saturday to quickly

By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks are likely to move in a
range-bound trading as investors await results of fourth-quarter earnings reports

TOKYO, Jan. 16 Kyodo -
Prosecutors arrested Tomohiro Ishikawa, a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic
Party of Japan, on Friday over a political funds scandal involving DPJ

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A congressional hearing will be held next week to

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By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A congressional hearing will be held next week to