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KOSPI 1,221.70 UP 22.20 points (close)
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Dollar ends at 1,383.5 won DN from 1,391.6 won
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Kia Motors unveils hybrid car
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-largest
automaker, unveiled Tuesday a hybrid version of its recently released Forte
S. Korea, China to discuss countermeasures to N. Korea missile threat
(ATTN: UPDATES with Japan's proposal for three-way meeting in Washington in last 3
paras)
By Lee Chi-dong
Seoul, Brussels reach tentative free trade accord
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the European Union (EU) reached a
tentative free trade agreement and will seek to finalize the deal early next
Defense ministry joins government-wide effort to kickstart economy
By Sam Kim
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean defense ministry on Tuesday
announced a 600-billion-won (US$430 million) extra budget to help jumpstart the
S. Korean retailers downbeat over Q2 biz outlook: poll
By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- A majority of South Korean retailers are pessimistic
Gov`t to invest additional 500 bln won in state-run trade bank
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- The government said Tuesday that it will invest an
additional 500 billion won (US$360 million) in a state-run trade bank to enhance
Gov't to invest additional 500 bln won in state-run trade bank
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- The government said Tuesday that it will invest an
additional 500 billion won (US$360 million) in a state-run trade bank to enhance
(News Focus) Extra budget likely to slow downturn but hurt fiscal soundness
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- The large-scale extra budget that the government
unveiled on Tuesday is expected to blunt the sharpening economic downturn to some
