By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyong-o
expressed his gratitude Tuesday to a visiting U.S. congressional delegation for

SEOUL, Aug. 18 (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.

SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul is considering proposing talks to Pyongyang this
week to follow up on pledge by Pyongyang to resume inter-Korean family reunions

SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Park Hee-tae, chairman of the ruling Grand National
Party (GNP), said Tuesday that he will step down from the party's top post before

SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-largest
carmaker, said Tuesday it will unveil the Venga subcompact car next month as it

SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities said Tuesday they
have confirmed 47 more cases of influenza A, raising the total number of flu

SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. will likely see
its share of the global mobile handset market surpass 20 percent for the first

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SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened lower Tuesday as investors
became skeptical of a quick recovery in the global economy, analysts said.

KOSDAQ 512.28 DN 5.55 points (open)
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