SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's three government employee unions agreed
to a merger on Wednesday in a bid to secure stronger negotiating power in talks

By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The troubled Ssangyong Motor Co. warned striking
workers occupying the company's only plant on Wednesday to disperse by early next

By Park Bo-ram
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.11 percent lower late
Wednesday morning, hurt by relentless foreign sell-offs, analysts said.

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean exports of information technology (IT)
products fell 17.0 percent on-year in May as the global economic slump dampened

By Kim Young-gyo
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The number of subscribers to third-generation (3G)
mobile communications services is expected to reach 20 million in South Korea

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's recent nuclear test and missile launches
have not hurt South Korea's financial market, the government said Wednesday.

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- KB Financial Group Inc., South Korea's No. 3 financial
services company, said Wednesday it is considering selling shares as part of

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started higher Wednesday as
investor sentiment was lifted by overnight gains in U.S. markets, analysts said.

By Lee Joon-seung

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday.