SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has claimed that the 1950-53 Korean War
armistice should be replaced with a formal peace treaty. The following are recent

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- The proposal by North Korea to hold talks to formally
end the Korean War reflects the intransigent country's determination to discuss

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SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run telecommunications research
institute said Monday it is suing more than 20 foreign mobile phone makers,

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Dongaone Co., South Korea's top flour maker, said
Monday that it will cut its flour prices starting this week, reflecting a fall in

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By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- CNN, a U.S.-based 24-hour cable news network, may soon

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- STX Pan Ocean Co., South Korea's leading bulk-shipping
line, said Tuesday that it plans to spend US$200 million on new vessel purchases
this year.

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Securities Co. is mulling the acquisition of
the South Korean brokerage unit of U.S. financial giant Prudential Financial

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (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, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.4 percent lower late Tuesday morning, led by financial shares, analysts said.