By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A Japanese lawmaker urged South Korea and Japan on
Friday to work toward further strengthening their economic cooperation in order

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae called on top
executives of a local broadcaster Friday to apologize and step down over a report

(ATTN: UPDATES with repose, official's quote)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea pressed for the release of a detained

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A freefall in South Korea's economy has stopped but it
is difficult to predict its future path, bank heads here said Friday.

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.03 percent lower late
Friday morning on massive institutional selling.

By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea aims to lead the rest of the world in
promoting environmental initiatives and developing clean technologies, the

SEOUL, June 19 (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.

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- KB Financial Group Inc., South Korea's No. 3 financial
services company, said Friday it will seek to buy non-banking businesses after

(ATTN: UPDATES with start of talks, unification minister's quote, TRIMS)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea resumed talks over a joint

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 150 foreign basketball players will participate
in a tryout of South Korea's pro basketball league, seeking a chance to play in