SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.78 percent lower Tuesday
amid liquidity concerns at local conglomerate Kumho Asiana Group and dividend

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's semiconductor, steel, machinery and
electronics industries are expected to see a boom in sales next year on the back

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea aims to export US$6.4 billion worth of
farm, fisheries and food products in 2010, up 33 percent from the total forecast

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap)-- South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Wednesday that it
has found no evidence that the world's major flash memory manufacturers engaged

By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Tuesday that it was investigating an
American who entered the country across its border with China to draw attention

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (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.

(ATTN: UPDATES with remarks of President Lee, justice minister and Samsung Group in
paras 8-10 and last two paras)

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- Major South Korean companies' business sentiment for
January of next year eroded for the fourth straight month, a private survey
showed Tuesday.

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will enforce a new anti-crime law
beginning next year that will allow authorities to collect and store DNA samples

Civil servantsBy Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- The government will tighten discipline in the public