By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- The head of the United Nations Development Program
(UNDP) said Monday that the organization was finalizing plans to resume projects

SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday its
disciplinary committee has decided to dismiss the chief of an integrated civil

SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- A delegation from Singapore's foreign ministry arrived
in Pyongyang on Monday, North Korean media said in a brief dispatch.

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 5-9, 13)
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- The merging of technologies to create new products, a

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details and analysts' view on the deal para 10-15)
By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Kumho Asiana Group said Monday it chose

(ATTN: ADDS Woori's response in para 7-9)
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court ordered an asset management firm and a

SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean exports to Japan of prepackaged
"samgyetang," a Korean traditional ginseng chicken soup, nearly doubled this year

SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea aims to develop technology that can
transform ordinary kelp into a commercially viable energy source by 2013, the
government said Monday.

SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- Daesang Holdings Co., the holding company of South
Korea's leading foodstuff firm, said Monday it is expanding into the palm oil

SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its
affiliate, Kia Motors Corp., will have a combined annual capacity of 6 million