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By Kim Young-gyo
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Mid-sized South Korean conglomerate Hyosung Corp.

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator called on banks
to ramp up their corporate restructuring campaign and clear troubled assets

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator called on banks
to ramp up their corporate restructuring campaign and clear troubled assets

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SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency rose to the 1,100-won level

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SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator called on banks

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The world's leading semiconductor manufacturers plan
to discuss ways to prevent overproduction and enforce fair competition at an

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea's No. 2 steelmaker,
said Wednesday it has signed a contract to buy coal from a Russian mining
company.

FRANKFURT, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest
automaker, said Wednesday it aims to sell 17.2 percent more vehicles in 2009 in

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency rose past the 1,100-level
against the U.S. dollar for the first time in about one year on Wednesday as

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Wednesday
as investors took profits from the previous session's sharp gains, analysts said.