SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to send a government delegation to
North Korea Tuesday for its first official talks with the communist North in a

BOAO, China, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-Hoon said
Sunday the United States has never asked for a renegotiation of the delayed

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has been given special management rights
over a new protected zone in Antarctica that will allow it to oversee research

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans are more optimistic about overcoming
the current economic crisis than citizens of 25 other nations around the globe, a
poll showed Sunday.

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- Jung Sang-moon, a confidant of former President Roh
Moo-hyun, was taken into emergency custody around midnight Saturday for

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to launch a massive civic
advisory group next month that will work with a presidential committee to help

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- Local lenders are planning to put 10 to 20 percent of
the nation's 38 largest shipping companies under debt workout or liquidation

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Korean corporate bankruptcies
dropped in March for a third month thanks to a set of economic stimulus measures

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak called for efforts to fight
corruption and the ongoing economic downturn Sunday, saying the country cannot

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court said Sunday it has convicted a
Seoul man on charges of manipulating the number of clicks into a company's Web