SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.80 percent higher late
Friday morning as investor sentiment was boosted by overnight gains in U.S.
markets, analysts said.

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean conservative groups said Friday they
will file a prosecution petition against a singer for allegedly violating the

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run Industrial Bank of Korea
(IBK) said Friday it has sold US$1 billion worth of five-year bonds overseas in

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Japan's Toyota Motor Co. said Friday it will launch a
new Lexus hybrid car in South Korea as it grapples with falling sales.

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

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

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

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, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started higher Friday as investor
sentiment was boosted by overnight gains in U.S. markets, analysts said.

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