The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Thursday.

((ATTN: RECASTS headline, UPDATES with details)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea failed to make progress in the

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of South Korea's five leading business
lobby groups called Thursday for the National Assembly to rapidly pass a bill

SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il made a record number of
public appearances in the first half of 2009 compared to previous years and

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; REWRITES throughout with school shutdown)
By Koh Byung-joon
SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- An elementary school in South Korea was Thursday closed

SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea Thursday ended their third round
of talks over a joint industrial park and the fate of a detained worker without

SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign ministry said Thursday it will
hold a youth workshop on international affairs in Seoul next week to educate

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Telecom equipment giant Ericsson is reviewing a plan to
invest in South Korea's telecommunication's equipment sector, a government

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to raise the long-protracted issue of

By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Global automaker Volvo will recall 1,020 vehicles sold
in South Korea because of defective engine cooling fans, government officials