SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korean belatedly approved the visit of South
Korean workers to a joint industrial complex on Thursday, allowing border

by Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korea's fourth largest
refiner, said Thursday that it has signed a US$64 million deal with U.S. oil firm

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) -- Asiana Airlines, South Korea's second-largest air
carrier, said Thursday that it will sell bonds with warrants worth 100 billion

*** CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The following is a chronological review of major developments
related to North Korea from March 12-18.

*** OPINION FROM EXPERTS

South Korea and U.S. Must Confront North Korea's Coercive Diplomacy

By Moon Soon-bo (Research Fellow, the Sejong Institute, Songnam, South Korea)

*** FOREIGN TIPS

Clinton Urges N.K. Not to Launch Missile, Proposes Missile Talks

*** NEWS BRIEF (Part 2)

N. Korea Joins International Space Treaties: Report

*** NEWS IN BRIEF (Part 1)

In Unusual Move, N. Korea Reports Coal Mine Collapse

*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK (Part 2)

N.K. Informs International Organizations of Satellite Launch in April