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By Lee Youkyung and Kim Eun-jung

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak Wednesday vowed support for
the country's IT industry, saying advanced technology is at the center of growth

PORTO, Portugal, April 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Incheon International
Airport, the gateway to Seoul, has again been chosen as the world's best airport

SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 1.44 percent higher
Wednesday as improving corporate earnings unleashed strong foreign and retail

SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- A year ago, Samsung Group faced what local newspapers
billed its worst-ever crisis: Chairman Lee Kun-hee abruptly stepped down after

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is "unnecessarily raising tension" by
making false claims that South Korea tried to push their heavily armed border

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will continue to work with North Korea
through dialogue to ease tension between the divided Koreas and resolve issues,

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SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's parliamentary committee on Wednesday

SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. agreed to
inject 1.3 trillion won (US$960 million) to beef up the chipmaker's capital,

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By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- A series of digital prints by rising South Korean