SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Shinsegae Co., South Korea's second-largest retailer,
will resume the sale of U.S. beef early next month after five years of keeping it

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SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed down 0.51 percent in a

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trading volume of containers plunged in
February from a year earlier, affected by the global economic downturn, a

SEOUL, March 27 (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.

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By Kim Soo-yeon

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened higher Friday as investors
picked up tech and auto shares, driven by overnight gains in U.S. markets,
analysts said.

KOSDAQ 432.20 UP 4.93 points (open)
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KOSPI 1,248.70 UP 4.90 points (open)
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Dollar opens at 1,320.0 won DN from 1,330.5 won
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By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy shrank a revised 5.1 percent
last quarter from three months ago, better than an earlier estimate of 5.6