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By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea have not yet made a breakthrough

By Byun Duk-kun
ASTANA, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Wednesday urged
his country and Kazakhstan to build what he called the "three beltways" of

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; REPHRASES para 4; ADDS background on N. Korean
plutonium stock in para 3, last visit to N. Korea by scholar in last para; ADDS

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will quarantine inbound travelers showing
symptoms of type-A influenza at airports to better prevent the spread of the

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Red Cross said Wednesday that it will
push to set up a gene bank for senior citizens who have separated families living
in North Korea.

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead paras with outcome of Korea-kazakhstan summit; UPDATES
with additional information, details)
By Byun Duk-kun

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government will invest 12 trillion won
(US$9.6 billion) over the next three to four years into developing green

(ATTN: ADDS details from 5th para)
SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unemployment rate fell in April and the

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- World-renowned literary figures, publishers and
scholars flocked to southern Seoul Wednesday as South Korea's annual

By Byun Duk-kun
ASTANA, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called on South