SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) said Wednesday
it will submit a revised 2010 budget bill to the National Assembly for approval

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to allow the export of narcotics
used for medical purposes amid increasing overseas demand for drugs to treat

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean appellate court on Wednesday ordered
four oil refiners to pay 196 billion won (US$168.5 million) in compensation to

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's cash-strapped Kumho Asiana Group is in
talks with its creditors over whether the group's owner should use his private

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- Tuesday's closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

POSCO 614,000 DN 5,000
SamjinPharm 12,500 DN 100
SamyoungElec 11,450 DN 350
SamsungElec 786,000 DN 1,000

DongwhaPharm 7,530 DN 50
Kyungbang 131,000 UP 1,000
SamyangCorp 43,750 DN 550
ShinhanGroup 43,800 DN 1,150

HanwhaChem 13,600 DN 500
OCI 214,000 DN 500
LSINDUSTRIALSYSTEMS 97,000 DN 1,000
KorZinc 203,000 UP 2,000

seha 3,570 UP 170
SamsungEng 107,000 UP 1,000
STX Pan Ocean 11,150 DN 200
SINDOH 58,000 DN 600

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul appellate court on Tuesday upheld a lower
court's ruling that the 2003 sale of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) to U.S. equity