lawmakers-corruption probe

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SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Suh Gap-won, a ranking opposition lawmaker, will again be summoned this week for questioning over allegations that he received illicit political funds from a businessman

2nd LD) Kim Yu-na-World Championship win

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LOS ANGELES/SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Kim Yu-na, South Korea's figure skating super star, claimed her first women's single gold medal with a record 207.71 points at the 2009 World Figure Skating

Founder of now-defunct Kukje Group dies at 79

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SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Yang Chung-mo, founder of South Korea's once-large business conglomerate Kukje Group, died of pneumonia Sunday, his family and hospital officials said. He was 79.

Korean banks brace for massive Q1 losses

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SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Most South Korean banks are on course to post big
losses for the first quarter of this year on provisions for troubled construction

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