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SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade surplus reached US$5.37 billion in

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) into South Korea surged
17.4 percent on-year in the third quarter due to state-led economic stimulus

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will visit Seoul
next week for summit talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, the

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- Former U.S. president and vice president, George W.
Bush and Al Gore, will visit South Korea later this month to attend separate

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister will leave for Turkey
this week to attend the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade surplus reached US$5.37 billion in

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run oil company has begun drilling
a field in northern Iraq that could hold up to 1.2 billion barrels of crude, the

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's wire service Yonhap News Agency will
launch a French-language news service beginning Oct. 5, aiming to enhance mutual

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's parliament is moving to drastically
toughen punishment of brutal criminals as public anger escalates over the Supreme

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. said it has released
a second version of its popular New Chocolate phone on Thursday, about a month