SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Friday detained an in-law of former
President Roh Moo-hyun who allegedly received US$5 million from a businessman
indicted for bribery.

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy is expected to contract 2.4

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean residents' foreign currency savings
increased by US$970 million in March as a record trade surplus helped boost

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Yonhap) -- The United States said Thursday that it is still

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea reelected leader Kim Jong-il as its top
commander and promoted his brother-in-law to a powerful military post Thursday,

SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- The government's tax earnings dropped 16.6 percent
on-year in January amid stagnant domestic growth brought on by the global

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SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea lambasted Japan Thursday for approving

SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean supersonic fighter crashed into the
East Sea a day before Pyongyang launched its long-range rocket, government
sources said Thursday.

SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- Former President Roh Moo-hyun received US$1 million
from a local businessman at the presidential office, prosecutors investigating a

By Sam Kim
PANMUNJOM, April 9 (Yonhap) -- As North Korea celebrated the reappointment of
leader Kim Jong-il as its top military leader following a rocket launch that has