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By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Korea plunged

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has deployed a fleet of MiG-23 fighter
jets along the east coast where it is gearing up to launch a rocket to send what

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have agreed to push
for a new U.N. Security Council resolution against North Korea if it goes ahead

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- The government will revise its growth outlook for this
year later this month to reflect the latest developments in economic conditions,

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run trade bank said Thursday it
has clinched a US$500 million credit line from its U.S. counterpart to help local

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- The government on Thursday authorized construction of

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Hard-hit by external shocks from the outbreak of a
credit crisis in the U.S. last summer, South Korea's economy has been in a free

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's military said Thursday it will retaliate
against any attempt to intercept its long-range rocket to be fired as early as
this weekend.

GOYANG, South Korea, April 2 (Yonhap) -- A court-appointed manager for Ssangyong
Motor Co., South Korea's smallest automaker, said Thursday an accounting firm is

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United