SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- The swine flu outbreak may exert a negative influence on South Korea's economy that is already struggling to cope with the global economic slump, experts said Tuesday.

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SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- A 51-year-old South Korean woman who recently toured

SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's professional baseball players said
Tuesday they will unionize to legally protect their interests, a move analysts

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By Sam Kim

SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rival parties on Tuesday staged
last-minute campaigns to woo voters in Wednesday's parliamentary by-elections,

SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- The government set up a joint taskforce on Tuesday to
carefully monitor and limit the fallout of the swine flu epidemic on South
Korea's trade.

SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- One policymaker at the Bank of Korea (BOK) voted
against a freeze on its key interest rate in March, voicing the need for a cut to

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- CJ CheilJedang, South Korea's biggest food and drug

SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency declined to a one-month low
against the U.S. dollar Tuesday on concerns over the impact of an outbreak of

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SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean health authorities said Tuesday that a