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SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, said

SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics
Co. launched a joint venture with a sister company on Thursday to produce

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign minister urged North Korea
Thursday to stop raising tensions and rejoin the six-way talks on its nuclear

SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- The government of Thursday said it culled 600 pigs to
contain a highly contagious cholera outbreak in the southern part of the country.

SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul appeals court on Thursday handed down a life
sentence to a man indicted of kidnapping and murdering a mother and her daughter,

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- High-level negotiations between South Korea and the

SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed up 0.94 percent Thursday
as investors picked up tech, auto and other large-cap shares thanks to improved

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak Thursday said South Korea
will make a miraculous comeback from the global economic and financial crisis

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SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, said

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SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's resort county of Pyeongchang will make