SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean political parties on Sunday condemned
North Korea's rocket launch, emphasizing that the move raised international
tensions.

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office condemned North
Korea on Sunday for firing a long-range rocket, calling it a "serious threat" to
world peace.

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean listed companies' earnings nosedived 41
percent in 2008 from a year earlier, hit by a weakening local currency and high

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- Fines levied on anti-trust corporate violations fell
sharply last year amid government efforts to implement "business friendly"

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office confirmed North
Korea launched its long-range rocket 15 seconds past 11:30 a.m. Sunday, but said

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired off a multistage rocket from a base
along its east coast on Sunday, a senior South Korean foreign ministry official
confirmed.

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have fired off a multistage
rocket from a base along its east coast on Sunday in defiance of repeated

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By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office convened a National

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea activated its radars and cleared the
launch site Sunday as it appears set to fire a rocket that it says will carry a

SEOUL, April 5 -- South Korea's presidential office convened a National Security
Council (NSC) meeting Sunday amid suspicions North Korea will soon launch what it