By Park Sang-soo
SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and New Zealand are to hold their first
round of free trade negotiations in Seoul next week following similar talks

By Koh Byung-joon
SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy has already bottomed out and is
expected to recover the fastest out of the world's major countries as output

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SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Thursday.

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SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il viewed a musical
performance put on by the wives of Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers, state
media said Thursday.

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