SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean warship deployed to combat pirates off the Somali coast joined multinational forces at a Bahraini port on Friday after three weeks of sailing, a statemen

LONDON, April 3 (Yonhap) -- Chinese officials have not ruled out referring North Korea to the U.N Security Council "at least for discussions" if Pyongyang launches a rocket as planned, although its

LONDON, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday expressed concerns over North Korea's planned launch of a "satellite" as the five-day time

SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak said his government is willing to send a special envoy to North Korea if Pyongyang accepts, while he predicted the communist neighbor will go ahea

PUTRAJAYA, April 3 (Bernama) -- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Friday afternoon officially handed over the duties of prime minister to Najib Razak at the Prime Minister's Office at the Perdana Putra buildin

SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday rejected Hyundai Asan Corp.'s request for access to its employee detained in the communist country, the firm's chief said, a possible indication tha

SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will send a economic cooperation mission to Iraq to explore follow-up efforts for the proposed infrastructure-for-oil agreement reached earlier in the year, t

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with aerospace institute expecting no major impact from wind, Monday
weather best for launch)
By Kim Hyun

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- Daewoo International Corp. said Friday that it has
decided to extend the exploration of a gas block off Myanmar until August due to