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By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea will meet at a joint industrial

Koh Byung-joon
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government confirmed Friday that an
unlicensed local construction firm was found to have joined in building the roof

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea will meet at a joint industrial
park in the North on June 11, a Seoul official said Friday, weeks after their

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urged North Korea
Friday to resume dialogue with Seoul and the international community, saying

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The heads of local think tanks said Friday that the
economic downturn may have passed the worst phase, but the pace of recovery is

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- Two reporters from a local news agency were taken into
custody on suspicion of attempting to eavesdrop on a meeting convened by the

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's party newspaper on Friday blamed South
Korean President Lee Myung-bak for the recent death of his predecessor, Roh

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- The number of unsold houses in South Korea declined in
April after hitting a record high the previous month as efforts to ease the

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By Kim Soo-yeon

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 1.2 percent higher Friday as