SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- The following are the major cultural and tourist festivals to be held in South Korea in April:

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korean researchers are close to developing
artificial eardrums and bone from silk proteins that could spur local production

SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- Ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to vote
on a government-proposed 28.9 trillion won (US$20.7 billion) extra budget bill

(ATTN: UPDATES with details, N. Korea's English statement)
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will see any interception by Japan of its

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was selected Tuesday to host a major
international conference on development aid in 2011, receiving a boost to its

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- The government said Tuesday that it will transform
the country's largest agricultural cooperative into economic and financial

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Jeonju International Film Festival
(JIFF) has completed its lineup, event organizers said Tuesday, expanding the

SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- The government said Tuesday that it will slash an
additional 3,000 jobs at 60 small-sized public companies as part of its efforts

SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- Policymakers at the Bank of Korea (BOK) voted
unanimously to cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point in a bid to

SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- NHN Corp., the operator of South Korea's top Internet
portal Naver, said Tuesday it will strengthen its mobile Internet service in an