SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- The United States could hold lower-level talks with
North Korea in a third country within this month to fine-tune bilateral

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and China agreed Saturday to step up
efforts to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) aimed at stimulating bilateral trade

((ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead paras with outcome of three-way summit; UPDATES
throughout)
By Byun Duk-kun

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of a joint statement
on sustainable development issued at the trilateral summit Saturday among South

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of a joint statement
issued at the trilateral summit Saturday among South Korea, Japan and China.

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, background from 5th para)
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Saturday

By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) -- Draft dodgers in South Korea will be punished with
longer military services while additional medical checks will be required for

SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) -- A 68-year-old South Korean man infected with type-A
influenza virus died Friday, raising the death toll from the contagious disease

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak embarked on a
two-day trip to Beijing on Friday for talks with Chinese and Japanese leaders on

BUSAN, South Korea, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Cannes award-winning actress
Jeon Do-youn will receive a prestigious cultural honor from France during the