SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has visited an art troupe remaking a Chinese opera as part of celebrations marking the allies' 60 years of relations, the country's state

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's chief envoy on the North Korean nuclear
issue will make a two-day trip to Beijing this week to talk with Chinese

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LOS ANGELES, March 21 (Yonhap) -- Choo Shin-soo belted a three-run homer and Kim

LOS ANGELES, March 21 (Yonhap) -- Choo Shin-soo belted a three-run homer and Kim
Tae-kyun added a two-run shot to lead South Korea to a 10-2 victory over

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- KT Corp., South Korea's top fixed-line operator, said
Sunday that it has clinched a 28-billion won (US$19.9 million) deal with a

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Jeju Air Co., South Korea's largest budget carrier,
said Sunday it is considering conducting a capital increase and setting up

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major companies saw their profitability
and financial soundness worsen in 2008 from a year earlier because of the global

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major companies posted a high reserve
ratio last year, indicating that they remain reluctant to engage in capital

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Two U.S. Aegis destroyers are continuing operations
in Korea's East Sea despite the end of their joint exercise with South Korean

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to unveil detailed spending plans
for an extra budget of as much as 29 trillion won (US$20.64 billion) on Tuesday,