By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Monday urged the ruling and
opposition parties to move quickly on revising a controversial labor bill that

By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- More than a hundred South Korean companies will
showcase their products during a Korean merchandise fair in Beijing this week in

SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second largest
handset maker, said Monday the number of pre-orders for its newest phone has
topped 2 million.

SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean lender Hana Bank said Monday it has
raised 1 billion ringgit (US$284 million) by selling bonds abroad to repay
maturing debts.

SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean companies expect exports conditions to
improve in the third quarter of this year, led by rising demand for steel

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has dispatched a director-level foreign
ministry official to an international meeting of the Proliferation Security

SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) - Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest chipmaker,
said Monday it has renewed an agreement with Japan's Toshiba Corp. to share

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will invite Chinese inspectors to monitor

By Park Sang-soo
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Budding signs of an economic upturn are fueling
speculation that a dry spell in new orders at local shipyards may be over, but

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Monday it has completed the