(ATTN: UPDATES with Kim's itinerary, Beijing spokesman's remark, N.K. media report)
BEIJING, March 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il began on Tuesday

(ATTN: INSERTS 2nd para to highlight signing of a deal between Korea and Vietnam
next month; UPDATES with more details, minor changes)
By Byun Duk-kun

SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) plans to
compile a supplementary budget of up to 29 trillion won (US$20.59 billion) for

(ATTN: UPDATES with results of primary investigation; CHANGES headline)
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean tourists who survived what

SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- A recent bombing in Yemen that killed four South
Korean tourists was a premeditated attack by a terrorist group, a South Korean

SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to sharply expand its spending
on the nation's engineering and technology sector in 2009 in a bid to become one

By Kim Hyun

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By Byun Duk-kun

By Melati Mohd Ariff

The following feature is the first of a three-part series.