By Park Sang-soo
SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top trade official said Wednesday that a

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- With the completion of its new space center, South
Korea hopes to lead advances not only in exploration but also in defense and

(ATTN: ADDS details throughout)
By Koh Byung-joon
SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unemployment rate remained unchanged in

(ATTN: CORRECTS 5.11 million to 5.07 million in para 2)
By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has completed work on its first space

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- A hospital ordered by the country's top court to
remove life-support device from a comatose patient said Wednesday it has decided
to do so.

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul appellate court on Wednesday ordered the
capital city's education chief to pay a fine of 1.5 million won (US$1,200) for

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- The government said Wednesday it has taken emergency
steps to minimize disruptions as thousands of unionized truckers were set to

((ATTN: UPDATES with Russian information on N. Korea's preparations for ballistic
missile launch)
By Lee Chi-dong

By Park Sang-soo
SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea's No. 2 steelmaker,
said Wednesday it has signed a contract to buy coking coal from a Russian mining

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- A financial unit of South Korea's Kumho Asiana Group
said Wednesday it is forming a consortium to buy the headquarters building of