By Sam Kim
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea warned Thursday a rocket launch by North
Korea would be a provocation challenging regional security as the communist state

SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major firms expect export conditions to
continue deteriorating in the second quarter of this year, but are less

SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean whiskey sales fell last month as people
cut down their bar bills as the economy is headed for its first recession in a

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to dispatch an advanced destroyer

SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened lower Thursday despite
overnight Wall Street gains, as investors locked in profits from recent rallies,
analysts said.

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- Korean kimchi and centuries-old palaces dominate
conventional notions of the South Korean capital's major attractions. But tastes

SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il gave field guidance
at a construction site for a hydraulic power station, the country's state media
said Thursday.

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- Seoul Fashion Week kicked off Thursday featuring chic
fall/winter collections by 39 local designers amid the South Korean capital's

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to dispatch an Aegis-guided
destroyer to the East Sea, as North Korea appears to be finalizing preparations

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The world's largest biochemical research
institute, The Scripps Research Institute, will soon establish a joint venture