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SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister Tuesday urged financial
institutions to step up efforts this year to support the real economy, while

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DANGJIN, South Korea, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea's No.2

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Freight services in South Korea were largely unaffected
Tuesday by the heavy snowfall that gripped the country a day earlier, government
officials said.

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. said Tuesday that it will
supply lithium-ion batteries for commercial hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) to

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ginseng exports surpassed the US$100
million mark for the first time in over a decade last year thanks to aggressive

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SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The smoking rate in South Korea rose in 2009 from a
year earlier, the nation's health ministry said Tuesday, reaffirming that it will

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea's
state-run power company, said Tuesday that it has developed battery chargers for

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SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to return two North Koreans who were