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By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Yonhap) -- The United States is ready to intercept any North

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By Hwang Doo-hyong

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Yonhap) -- The United States Thursday called on North Korea
to halt its provocations, warning of possible further sanctions.

By Park Bo-ram
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Commercial banks need to increase lending to the
underprivileged as part of efforts to bring them out of poverty, a Nobel Peace

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By Koh Byung-joon
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Ten additional cases of Influenza A, including one

SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- A group of officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit South Korea to assess its economic conditions and exchange opinions with policymakers, the fina

SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency marked the third anniversary of the launch of its Arabic-language news service Thursday in a commemorative event attended by the region's ambassadors a

By Kim Soo-yeon

By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea warned governments around the world
Thursday against the increasing adoption of trade-restricting measures, saying

By Koh Byung-joon
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- The heads of South Korea's major economic think tanks