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By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted a record current account deficit

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The first summit-level reaffirmation of the U.S.
nuclear umbrella over South Korea constitutes a "warning" to North Korea accused

(ATTN: UPDATES with ministry's official position on retaining Kaesong park, more
analysis)
By Kim Hyun

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted a record current account deficit
with the Middle East in 2008 as soaring oil prices raised import bills despite

By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The government is pushing to revise a law on organ
donation in an effort to cope with an increasing shortage of donated kidneys,

SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.53 percent lower late
Wednesday morning as investors dumped large-cap shares, taking a cue from

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean advance team left for the North on
Wednesday to prepare for upcoming inter-Korean talks over a joint industrial

By Park Sang-soo
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Trade ministers from South Korea and the European
Union (EU) will meet in Paris next week to address unresolved issues related to a

SEOUL, June 17 (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.

SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- JP Morgan, one of the world's leading asset management
companies, will launch a $1 billion fund to invest in green and eco-friendly