SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao has sent a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to congratulate him on his reelection to the head of North Korea's governing body, the

PATTAYA, Thailand, April 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called on the U.N.

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Friday were expected to summon the only son of former President Roh Moo-hyun over the weekend to question him on whether his relatives took money from a b

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) appears to be sinking deeper into trouble as affiliated labor unions quit their membership in protest over corruption in t

PATTAYA, Thailand, April 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva agreed Friday to improve their countries' bilateral ties and expand economic c

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Canada will try to find middle ground on the current beef face-off to prevent the issue from becoming a full-fledged trade dispute, government representa

Dr. Al-Hamid and the accompanying delegation left Amman today in
conclusion of their visit to Jordan during which they held talks with

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday.
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(LEAD) (News Focus) Kim Jong-il paves way for successor: analysts

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had two aims in appointing his brother-in-law to the country's powerful military board and reshuffling its lineup, analysts said Friday -

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- POSCO, the world's fourth-largest steelmaker, said Friday that its first-quarter profit tumbled 69 percent from a year earlier due to declining demand from automakers an