SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Cross-border exchanges between the two Koreas
decreased by some 38 percent this year as North Korea ratcheted up tension with a

Obama's inauguration the top international news story in 2009
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency on Friday selected Barack Obama's

Yonhap picks Roh's death as Korea's top news story in 2009
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency on Friday selected former President

By Byun Duk-kun
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is set for a
rare treat this week as he prepares to celebrate his 68th birthday on a return

(ATTN: ADDS economist comment in para 4; UPDATES para 10; ADDS bond yields at bottom)
By Lee Youkyung

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Hite Brewery Co., South Korea's No. 1 brewer, said
Friday that its beer exports to Japan hit an all-time high in the first 11 months

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details and reactions from 5 para)
By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook, who is

(ATTN: CLARIFIES amount of drugs for 500,000 people, hand sanitizer aid in 8th para)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea sent H1N1 flu medications for 500,000

(ATTN: CLARIFIES lead and last para; UPDATES with minor changes)
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the European Union agreed Friday to

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to frontload 60 percent of the
annual budget in the first half of next year in a bid to support an economic