Bank lending rates hit 9-month high in Oct.
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) - South Korean banks' lending rates rose to a nine-month
high in October as market rates climbed amid prospects for an economic recovery,
Freight services paralyzed on second day of rail workers' strike
By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rail freight services ground to an
almost complete halt Friday as an indefinite strike by unionized rail workers
Hite to jack up beer prices by 2.58 pct
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- Leading South Korean beer maker Hite Brewery Co. said
Friday it will raise beer prices by 2.58 percent starting with next week's
Seoul set to finalize Afghan troop deployment schedule: officials
By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- Seoul is in the final stages of fixing a timetable for
N. Korea renews claim to nuclear state status
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea reasserted Friday it is an internationally
recognized nuclear-armed state, citing a U.S. science magazine, a claim denied by
S. Korea to suspend beef imports from countries with new mad cow cases
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to automatically suspend beef
imports from countries that report a new outbreak of bovine spongiform
Presidential committee unveils list of Japanese collaborators
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- A presidential committee on Friday unveiled a list of
704 Korean people that it says collaborated with Japan during the late years of
Shareholders OK merger of LG Group's 3 telecom units
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- Shareholders of LG Group's three telecom affiliates
approved Friday a merger of the companies next year to better compete with two
(LEAD) N. Korean leader visits naval command
(ATTN: UPDATES lead, throughout with the navy command's alleged location, details on
skirmish, expert's view dismissing the connection)
By Kim Hyun
Hyundai Motor withdraws sales unit from Japan
TOKYO, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- The Japanese sales unit of Hyundai Motor Co. said
Friday it will withdraw from the country amid sluggish sales.
