S. Korean officials to visit N. Korean complex over detained worker
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean officials were set to visit a joint
industrial complex in North Korea on Friday to try to secure the release of a
STX Europe wins US$113 mln order from Kazakh company
SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- STX Group, a mid-sized South Korean shipbuilding
group, said Friday its European unit STX Europe ASA has clinched a US$113 million
S. Korea, New Zealand begin joint naval drill in East Sea
By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and New Zealand kicked off a biennial
joint anti-submarine exercise in the East Sea on Friday, mobilizing a pair of
S. Korean, U.S. officials to meet next week over U.S. base relocation: source
By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's second-highest defense official and the
commander of American forces here will hold talks next week to narrow differences
Seoul stocks open up on Wall Street gains
SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started higher Friday as investor
sentiment was boosted by overnight gains in U.S. markets, analysts said.
(Yonhap Feature) Lenders prep for bad bank to better clear dud loans
SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks, saddled with rising bad loans amid a severe economic slump, are moving to create a debt-clearing agency in an effort to keep their distressed assets
(EDITORIAL from the JoongAng Daily on April 17) - Closing the education gap
A taboo was broken when the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation on Wednesday disclosed its analysis of results of the annual college entrance test for the past five years.
(EDITORIAL from the Korea Times on April 17) - Ominous job crisis: Korea needs long-term redesigning of economy, society
The government's March employment report shows the ``era of 1 million jobless" could become a reality in Korea before long.
(EDITORIAL from the Korea Herald on April 17) - Dithering on PSI
The government has postponed the announcement of its full participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative, effectively removing any teeth from such action.
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers
SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on April 17.
