Dollar ends at 1,242.6 won UP from 1,237.9 won
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SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- High oil prices caused automobile operations in South Korea to decline in 2008 from a year earlier, a government report said Tuesday.

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.91 percent lower late Tuesday morning as investors were worried that recent sharp gains could inevitably lead to a market correction, analysts

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry on Tuesday closed its bureau on humanitarian aid to North Korea and created a new one to better analyze Pyongyang's internal politics as

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S.

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency, at 11:00 a.m.

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank froze its key interest rate for a third straight month on Tuesday, saying that the slowing pace of the economy has clearly eased.

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Navy said Tuesday it will hold its annual defense conference aboard the country's first Aegis warship later this week to discuss its role in defending aga

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- The U.S.

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started lower Tuesday as investors were worried that recent sharp gains could inevitably lead to a market correction, analysts said.