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SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 2.79 percent lower Monday

SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has so far recovered more than 55 percent
in total public funds spent to bail out financial companies hit by the 1997-98

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is showing no unusual activity after it
said it put its military on a special alert against a joint war game by South

SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is the only country that reported a fall
in unit labor costs among major economies during the first quarter of this year,

(ATTN: CORRECTS Korean's previous major PGA record at bottom)
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- A poverty-stricken boy who used to make a living by

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SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Yang Yong-eun upset Tiger Woods by three

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial power sales edged up 0.8
percent on-year in July thanks to increased demand from the oil refining and

SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- The demonstration squadrons of the U.S. and South
Korean air forces will perform a joint aerial maneuver here in October to mark an

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Seoul official's reaction, experts' views at bottom; CHANGES spelling of Hyundai

SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Libya have signed a preliminary
agreement on avoiding double taxation in a move expected to bolster bilateral