By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea vowed to bolster leader Kim Jong-il's
military-first policy on Monday, the anniversary of the cease-fire that ended the

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SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean defector repeatedly requested asylum at

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By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Monday it is not opposed to any form
of dialogue between North Korea and the United States, saying the Obama

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean defector ran into the South Korean
culture center in Beijing earlier this month in an apparent asylum bid but she

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- The remains of an American soldier killed in the
Korean War have been handed over to the United States after being discovered by a

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- A presidential council on North Korean policies
recently released a book sharply criticizing the past two liberal

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- Of South Korea's trading partners, Japan is most
concerned about the free trade deal that Seoul and the European Union (EU)

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean bank deposit rates rebounded from a
record low in June as market rates rose amid prospects for an economic recovery,

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Institute of Finance (KIF) on Monday revised
up its growth forecast of the South Korean economy this year on fiscal spending