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SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Monday it has reached an agreement
with Tajikistan on double-taxation avoidance, a deal that could help boost
bilateral trade.

By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started sharply lower Monday as the
bankruptcy of a U.S. lender fed investor doubts about the economic recovery,

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SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices rose 2.0 percent in

SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- Economic sanctions imposed on North Korea by the
international community have failed to have a noticeable impact, a report by a

SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit South
Korea next month for summit talks with President Lee Myung-bak on ways to promote

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday welcomed a political deal between

SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will expand its ongoing global software
partnership with Microsoft Corporation as part of its industrial growth strategy,

SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- Military prosecutors said Monday they arrested two
officials at South Korea's top military compound in an alleged graft case into