SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.32 percent higher late
Monday morning as investor sentiment was cautiously optimistic over the

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Monday it will supply
US$2 billion to local banks this week, less than what it had previously offered

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- Thousands of unionized workers at troubled Ssangyong
Motor Co. started voting Monday on a strike action in protest of massive layoffs,

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- Foreign companies operating in South Korea posted
solid gains in sales and exports in 2007, a government report said Monday.

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- Shares of Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia
Motors Corp. rose on Monday after the government offered tax breaks to stimulate
auto sales at home.

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SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans' spending on private education jumped

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator said Monday local
lenders are set to draw up measures to restructure ailing shipping companies by

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- Ticket sales for "Private Eye (Geulimjasalin)" topped
the 1 million mark over the weekend, the first film of the month to reach the

SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Monday as
investors remain concerned about the first-quarter earnings outlook, analysts
said.