Korean War hero may be nominated as honorary five-star general: officials
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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry is considering
N. Korea allows S. Koreans to visit joint complex
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea allowed South Koreans to visit a joint
industrial complex on Monday after normalizing border traffic over the weekend
S. Korea, EU begin last round of free trade negotiations
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SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Negotiators from South Korea and the European Union
S. Korea, EU set to hold final free trade talks
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Negotiators from South Korea and the European Union
are set to sit down at the negotiating table later Monday to iron out differences
Cable TV workers stage strike over pay, firings
By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of unionized employees at cable news channel
YTN went on strike Monday, demanding a raise in pay and the reinstatement of
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Monday's weather forecast
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Monday.
Kim Jong-il named 3rd worst dictator after Mugabe, al-Bashir
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been named the third worst dictator in the world, a U.S. weekly magazine said Sunday.
Shinhan Financial Group executives to return stock options
SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Shinhan Financial Group Co., South Korea's No. 2
financial services company, said Sunday its executives will return stock options
Detained U.S. journalists sent to Pyongyang: sources
BEIJING, March 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has likely sent two U.S. journalists
who were detained in a border region last week to Pyongyang for questioning,
