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By Tony Chang
MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea continued to press

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry may get less than half
the increase in funding it had sought for next year, a source said Thursday,

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has no immediate plan to resume rice and
fertilizer aid to North Korea, despite the North's series of fence-mending moves,

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea reported its third death from influenza A
on Thursday, raising concerns that the country is no longer insulated from the

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By Tony Chang
MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea continued to press

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more details throughout; RESTRUCTURES
throughout)
By Tony Chang

YEOSU, South Korea, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Kumho Petrochemical Co., the South Jeolla
provincial government and a local biotechnology firm agreed Thursday to establish

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Thursday that it
plans to sell state bonds worth 5.6 trillion won (US$4.4 billion) in September.

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde will
visit South Korea next week to discuss an envisioned free trade agreement (FTA)

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Argentina will sign a treaty on
judicial cooperation next week when their top diplomats meet in Seoul, officials
here said Thursday.