(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with ministry's approving the visit in para
2, details of delegation's schedule in paras 8-9)
By Tony Chang

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- With hundreds of thousands of mourners queuing at
altars nationwide to pay their respects to former President Kim Dae-jung, the

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- Seoul and Pyongyang will get a chance to mend their
icy relations this week, initiated by an unexpected deal attained by a South

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak called Thursday on the
prosecution to make strenuous efforts at self-reform, saying its deeply rooted

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- Excessive levels of sulfur dioxide have been found in
a number of imported mushroom products, South Korea's consumer watchdog agency
said Thursday.

By Nam Kwang-shik
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- SK Chemicals Co., a South Korean pharmaceutical and

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's drug safety watchdog said Thursday that
it has given a local pharmaceutical maker the green light to conduct clinical

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- A senior Chinese Communist Party official arrived in
South Korea Thursday as part of an exchange of high-profile visits between the

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The prosecution said Thursday it will not appeal the
court ruling that sentenced former Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee to a

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon will visit
Turkey next week to attend an international meeting on aid to Pakistan, his
ministry said Thursday.