S. Korea gives nod for first group trip to North since nuke test
SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday greenlighted a request by aid
workers to visit North Korea, the first such approval since the communist state's
nuclear test in May.
(LEAD) S-Oil reports 80.5 pct fall in Q2 earnings
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By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- S-Oil Corp., South Korea's third-largest refiner, said
S. Korea retrieves nearly 80 pct of foreign currency liquidity: finance ministry
SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government and the central bank have
retrieved nearly 80 percent of foreign currency funds injected into the economy
N. Korea says 'no information' to share over seized S. Korean fishing boat
SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday it does not yet have any
information to share concerning a South Korean fishing boat seized by the
S-Oil reports 80.5 pct fall in Q2 earnings
By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap)-- S-Oil Corp., South Korea's third-largest refiner, said
Friday that its net income fell 80.5 percent in the second quarter from a year
Seoul shares open higher on Wall Street gains
SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Friday,
taking a cue from overnight gains in U.S. markets, analysts said.
The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR)
SEOUL, July 31 (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.
EDITORIAL from the JoongAng Daily on July 31)
Child's play at Assembly
Congressman calls on Obama to seek convention to ban wartime slavery of women
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. congressman Thursday called on the Barack
S. Korea confirms 35 more flu cases
SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities Friday confirmed an
additional 35 cases of influenza A, raising the total number of patients infected
