(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 7-9, UPDATES with prosecutors' decision to appeal in
para 6, minor edits)
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- Disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk was

SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy stayed well ahead of the North
last year as Pyongyang's closed economic system hampered its trade and other

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details and remarks by economists in paras 10-12)
By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew at the fastest pace in

SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- The top U.S. military officer has indicated his
country could deploy American troops in South Korea to Afghanistan in the coming

By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea may start using Korean letters on Web site
addresses as early as mid-2010 if a regulator allows the move, according to

SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's national football team will hold a
friendly with a Brazilian professional club next month as part of its

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- A former deputy head of the North Korean mission
to the United Nations in New York has applied for a visa to come back to his

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, UPDATES lead through 5th para to underscore that the Oct. 9
dispatch was not the first for N. Korean media to report on "Footsteps," ADDS

SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's currency is expected to continue to
strengthen against the U.S. dollar in the first half of next year on the back of

(ATTN: UPDATES with speech text on U.S. Web site; ADDS Seoul's comments throughout;
RECASTS lead, headline; ADDS background on Iraq deployment)
By Sam Kim