indicators
(ATTN: ADDS detailed economic plans, minister's comments from 16th para: TRIMS
throughout)
By Koh Byung-joon

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- U.S. nuclear protection for South Korea justifies
North Korea running its own nuclear program, Pyongyang claimed Thursday, warning

SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- War veterans, bereaved and separated families, and
many others gathered in small and large numbers throughout South Korea Thursday

(ATTN: REPLACES, ADDS finance minster's comments throughout)
By Koh Byung-joon
SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy is expected to shrink 1.5

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- GS Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea's
second-largest builder, said Thursday it has clinched a US$500 million

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak called for increased
government support Thursday for the working and middle class and small shop

By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean firms operating at a Seoul-funded
industrial park in North Korea warned Thursday they were quickly running out of

SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea ratcheted up its anti-U.S. propaganda
Thursday to coincide with the 59th anniversary of the start of the Korean War,

SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 1.65 percent higher late
Thursday morning on investors' eased jitters over U.S. monetary tightening,
analysts said.

By Koh Byung-joon
SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy is expected to shrink 1.5
percent this year, the Seoul government predicted Thursday, revising up its