By Park Bo-ram
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Foreign investors sharply increased holdings of local
securities this year as their growing risk appetites outweighed financial and

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- An advance team of South Korean officials left for
North Korea Tuesday as Pyongyang gave notification of delegates that will attend

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- An advance team of South Korean officials left for
North Korea Tuesday as Pyongyang gave notification of delegates that will attend

Seoul youth festival to screen 120 films from 33 countries
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Aiming to expand exchanges among talented youths, the

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.39 percent higher late
Tuesday morning as institutions and foreign investors snapped up big caps,
analysts said.

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- A growing number of influential bodies are joining in
attacks against the administration of President Lee Myung-bak, widening a rift

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Over 70 South Korean soldiers who had gone unaccounted
for since the founding of the nation's army were honored as being killed in

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Tuesday it has supplied
US$2 billion to local banks, less than what it had previously offered, as the

By Koh Byung-joon
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has imposed financial sanctions on three

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- POSCO, Hyundai Steel Co. and other South Korean
steelmakers plan to spend more than 10 trillion won (US$7.97 billion) this year