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By Sam Kim

SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean automakers reported a 16 percent drop in
April sales Monday as the global economic crisis reduced overseas demand and

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SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks climbed 2.09 percent Monday as

SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean professional baseball players moved closer to forming a union Monday after representatives from the nation's eight teams agreed at a meeting in Seoul on the ne

BALI, Indonesia, May 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister called Monday for Asian countries to take an "active" role in overcoming the regional economic crisis by intensifying cooperation i

SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea's No.

SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on May 5.

By Hwang Doo-hyong

SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co., the local unit of General Motors Corp., said Monday that its sales plunged 46 percent to 43,655 units last month from a year earlier du