SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run defense think tank has
concluded that North Korea is capable of achieving the technology needed to

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SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- The number of corporate bankruptcies in South Korea

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Today in Korean history

Dec. 21

1905 -- Ito Hirobumi is named Japan's first ruler of the Korean Peninsula after
masterminding the takeover of Korea.

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- Nearly nine out of 10 foreigners believe that South
Korea is well qualified to host the G-20 summit in 2010 and that the summit will

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- The annual value of South Korea's currency is expected
to rise to an average of 1,054 won to the U.S. dollar next year before marking a

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Korean corporate bankruptcies
slightly increased in November from a month earlier as more manufacturers and

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul man who confessed to killing two women a
decade ago while detained in early October by police for stealing a cellphone was

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean island province of Jeju will begin
exporting tangerines to Britain for the first time this week after the fruit met

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BUSAN, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- Five fishermen went missing Sunday after their boat