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KOSPI 1,229.02 UP 7.32 points (close)
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Dollar ends at 1,363.0 won DN from 1,383.5 won
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Electronic gov't-bond trading expands 15-fold in 10-years
SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Electronic trading of government bonds grew 15-fold since an internet trading system for treasuries was introduced 10 years ago, the bourse operator said Wednesday.
SC First Bank's 2008 net up 10.1 pct
SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- SC First Bank Korea Ltd.
Seoul shares down 0.32 pct in late morning
SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks fell 0.32 percent late Wednesday morning as investors unloaded banks and shipyards following overnight U.S. losses, analysts said.
Singer Lee Mee-ja receives high medal of cultural merit
SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- A legendary singer with some 600 albums in her discography was given the nation's second-highest order of cultural merit on Wednesday by President Lee Myung-bak.
President vows support for Gwangju's 2015 Universiade bid
SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak ordered the government Wednesday to provide all necessary support for the city of Gwangju in its bid to host the 2015 Summer Universiade, the pre
Number of S. Korea's newborns declines in Jan.
SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The number of babies born in South Korea fell in January from a year earlier as people refrained from having babies amid an economic downturn, a government report showed
