SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- Lottery sales in South Korea jumped 12 percent during
the first quarter from a year earlier amid a protracted economic slump, a

GOYANG, South Korea, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's flagging auto industry is
expected to get a boost from the nation's largest auto industry fair, organizers
said Friday.

SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank is widely expected to
freeze its key interest rate for the second straight month in April amid cautious

SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank is widely expected to
freeze its key interest rate for the second straight month in April amid cautious

(ATTN: UPDATES with quotes from official, Hyundai Asan spokesman, detail)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- The chief of Hyundai Asan Corp., which operates joint

SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.11 percent higher late
Friday morning on hopes of better corporate earnings, analysts said.

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- Considered one of South Korea's most recognized female

SEOUL, April 3 (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.

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean oil companies failed a second
prequalification screening of eligible bidders for oil fields in southern Iraq,

SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- The chief of Hyundai Asan Corp., which operates joint
economic ventures in North Korea, traveled there on Friday to discuss the early