SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's business sentiment index reached a
one-year high in May on expectations that the economy may have bottomed out, an

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon
was to leave for Washington later Wednesday to discuss alliance issues with

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon
was to leave for Washington later Wednesday to discuss alliance issues with

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- An army transport helicopter made an emergency
landing Tuesday evening in South Korea's rocky northeast after developing an

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Gmarket Inc., South Korea's No. 1 online auctioneer,
said Wednesday its first-quarter earnings fell 6 percent from a year earlier due

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a strong start
Wednesday, lifted by foreign buying, analysts said.

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economic downturn is easing, but it is
still too early to be overly optimistic as exports and domestic demand are taking

((ATTN: RECASTS headline, first 3 paras; ADDS remarks by economist at para 4)
By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted a record current account surplus