SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- Dongbu Metal Co., South Korea's largest ferroalloy
firm, plans to spend 300 billion won (US$254 million) to double its production

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- Robert King, the new U.S. special envoy for North
Korean human rights, will make his first trip to South Korea next month since

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- The once explosive growth of South Korea's information
and technology (IT) industry has begun to slow down in recent years due to an

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- More babies were born in October compared with the
same month last year, marking the first time in 20 months that births have posted

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a
South Korean shipbuilder, said Wednesday that it has secured orders worth US$400

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- The two Koreas reached consensus during a rare survey
in China and Vietnam that both sides want their joint factory park to become

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- Global climate change could cause local farmland
prices to fall by as much as 18.6 million won (US$15,000) per hectare by 2020, an

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's SK Engineering & Construction Co. said
Wednesday it has won a US$724 million order from Kuwait Oil Co. to build a

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy might have contracted 1.3
percent this year had the government not implemented massive fiscal spending to

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc., South Korea's second-largest
handset maker, launched a new mobile phone in South Korea and Japan on Wednesday