LEAD)
(ATTN: UPDATES with remarks from the summit in paras 5-7)
By Byun Duk-kun
SINGAPORE, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and

(4th LD)
(ATTN: ADDS analyst's comment in paras 17-18)
By Sam Kim and Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea threatened "merciless" military action

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- GS Home Shopping Inc., a South Korean TV shopping
channel, said Friday it signed a contract to buy a stake in India's TV18 HSN

By Byun Duk-kun
SINGAPORE, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong agreed Friday to increase their

By Byun Duk-kun
SINGAPORE, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called on
business representatives from around the Asian-Pacific region to help fight the

SHENYANG, China, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- Chinese authorities are investigating the
death of a North Korean diplomat whose body was discovered in late October after

(ATTN: ADDS comments by S. Korean defense officials; RESTRUCTURES; ADDS background)
By Sam Kim and Kim Hyun

By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean slugger Kim Tae-kyun will play for
Japan's Chiba Lotte Marines starting next year under a three-year

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- Trade between North Korea and the Netherlands is
picking up steam, with Dutch firms reaching out to information technology and

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has earmarked a budget for large-scale
economic aid to North Korea next year despite its policy to withhold any sizable