By Lee Chi-dong
YEONGJONG ISLAND, South Korea, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- A top U.S. diplomat in charge
of implementing recent U.N. sanctions on North Korea arrived in South Korea on

SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities confirmed Sunday 106
more cases of new flu, or Type A Influenza, bringing the total number of South

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North Korean delegates in 8th para, minor changes)
By Byun Duk-kun and Kim Hyun

SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- Brokerage houses in South Korea reported a 39-percent
rise in earnings during the first quarter of fiscal 2009 from a year earlier as

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By Byun Duk-kun and Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans Sunday bid their last farewells to late

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ranking in terms of the number of
scientific and social science papers cited in a global reference index remained

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Korea shot up
32.4 percent on-year in the first seven months of 2009 due to the country's

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- S. Korea's first space rocket has been moved to its
launch pad from the assembly complex in preparation for the historic launch

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SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak held talks Sunday with a group

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SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak held talks Sunday with a group