Yonhap News Summary

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Friday.

(LEAD) N. Korea, U.S. likely to hold multiple direct talks: expert
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with possible inter-Korean summit, other details)
By Lee Chi-dong

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency declined 1.72 percent
against the U.S. dollar on Friday on Dubai debt fears prompted investors to flock

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments from government officials in paras 5-9)
By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- Concerns over Dubai's debt problems swayed South

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top life insurer, Samsung Life Insurance
Co., has selected five foreign and local brokerages as preferred arrangers for

(ATTN: UPDATES with quotes from KCNA English language report in paras 3-8)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has visited a naval

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government has so far shown no
intention of buying a vaccine for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus made by

(ATTN: UPDATES with spokesman's quote, remarks by chief of Kaesong business council
on changes of N. Korean attitude)
By Kim Hyun

(ATTN: ADDS with details throughout)
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul-based conservative group will release a list

(ATTN: UPDATES with Liang's departure at bottom, N. Korean leader skipping meeting
with Russian speaker in paras 5,6)
By Kim Hyun