SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- The Chinese venture of Hyundai Motor Co., South
Korea's largest carmaker, captured the No. 4 spot in the world's most populous

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's hosting of the G-20 summit next year
will raise the country's international profile, the nation's business lobby
groups said Wednesday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with Steinberg's arrival in Seoul, comments in paras 3-4)
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg will

(ATTN: ADDS pro-Pyongyang paper's report near bottom)
MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- Too old and weak to wail, Kim

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean manufacturers' business confidence for
October hit a two-year high on the back of growing optimism about an economic

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has so far recovered 56 percent of the
public funds spent to bail out financial companies during the 1997-98 Asian

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is healthy and

How Do Human Rights Fit into N.Korea's Constitution?

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- The United States does not have a military
option on the table regarding North Korea's denuclearization, the U.S. point man

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- The United States does not have a military
option on the table regarding North Korea's denuclearization, the U.S. point man