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By Kim Hyun

By Kim Young-gyo
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares closed 1.54 percent lower Tuesday,

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Tuesday described its nuclear weapons
capability as means of both self-protection and "merciless aggression" towards

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea aims to become one of the top seven leaders
in brain research by 2017 as part of its effort to advance human health and

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is struggling in its weeks-long effort to
produce scientific evidence confirming that North Korea detonated a nuclear

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Police Agency said Tuesday it
has devised a more detailed criteria in determining whether to break up labor
strikes.

News Focus) Lee-Obama summit to address N. Korean nuclear and missile threats
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are expected to agree

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- The financial health of South Korean banks improved in
the first quarter from three months earlier as local lenders made efforts to

By Park Bo-ram
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's producer prices fell in May for the first
time in almost seven years as a strengthening local currency sharply reduced

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak called Tuesday for increased
corporate investment to help create jobs, saying the recovery of the country's