(ATTN: UPDATES with spokesman's latest quotes, defectors to fly anti-Pyongyang
leaflets)
By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urged increased
cooperation between his country and Iran in a meeting Monday with the visiting

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign minister said Monday that his
country would support missile negotiations between North Korea and the United

ISTANBUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo
expressed on Monday an intention for his country to host the 2015 World Water
Forum (WWF).

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- A Supreme Court justice was referred to a judiciary
ethics committee Monday after an internal investigative panel concluded that his

(ATTN: ADDS quote on inter-Korean industrial park, details in paras 10-13)
SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the European Union have virtually

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. said Monday
that it is pushing to participate in the construction of a natural gas pipeline

SEONGNAM, South Korea, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's entertainment industry
is being rocked by a sex scandal tied to the surprising suicide of an

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- By restricting access to a profitable joint
industrial complex, North Korea showed it is willing to risk millions of dollars

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.05 percent lower Monday
as foreign and institutional investors unloaded large-cap shares, analysts said.