By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will spend 189.3 trillion won (US$151.5
billion) over the next five years to strengthen its competitiveness in the

SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks dropped 0.42 percent late
Wednesday morning as investors took a cue from sharp overnight falls on Wall
Street, analysts said.

SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

KOSDAQ 511.47 DN 4.80 points (open)
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KOSPI 1,598.66 DN 24.40 points (open)
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Dollar opens at 1,249.0 won UP from 1,240.6 won
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SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea reopened their military hotline
in a western district more than a year after Pyongyang suspended it due to

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, comments in paras 5-6, 10-13)
By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will spend 189.3 trillion won (US$151.5

SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- A number of former aides and supporters of late former
President Roh Moo-hyun announced on Wednesday they will launch a political

SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Wednesday,
tracking Wall Street falls in the previous session, analysts said.