SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The total earnings of futures firms in South Korea
gained 41.7 percent in fiscal 2008 from a year earlier as commission income rose

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak called Monday for stepped-up
efforts to bolster South Korea's economy and reform its businesses, saying the

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South
Korean newspapers on May 18.

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with comments on failure by N. Korea to respond)
SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The two Koreas are unlikely to meet Monday at their

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to reshuffle its Unification Ministry
this week amid mounting tensions with North Korea, replacing officials that led

Riyadh, May 17, SPA--The Chairman of Shoura Council's Committee of
Islamic and Judicial Affairs, and Human Rights Azeb bin Saeed Al

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The commander of the U.S. infantry division in South
Korea has been re-assigned to Europe, and a two-star general serving in

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak met Sunday with a
group of children from China's Sichuan Province, where he made an unscheduled

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will begin exhumation next year to find the
remains of soldiers who died in the Korean War (1950-53) in the region that is

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy, Stephen
Bosworth, will visit Pyongyang to seek ways to revive stalled six-party nuclear