Seoul to use extra budget to create jobs

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SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government will spend an additional 4.9 trillion won (US$3.54 billion) this year to create 550,000 new jobs, the presidential office said Thursday, amid

N. Korean premier to meet with China's Hu

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BEIJING, March 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il was set to meet
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday for talks that sources say will likely

Seoul stocks down 0.67 pct in late morning

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SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks edged down 0.67 percent late
Thursday morning as institutional investors dumped blue-chip shares to take
profits, analysts said.

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