SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- U.S. ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens
urged Seoul to show patience over the ratification of a bilateral free trade

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By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea told South Korea on Monday that it will

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks advanced 1.27 percent late Monday
morning as large-cap shares posted gains following last week's Wall Street

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's "Breathless," an independent film by
emerging director and actor Yang Ik-jun, won the top honor at a French film

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- The head of South Korea's largest business lobby said
Monday that the world must fight trade protectionism to help speed up recovery of

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government is considering a number of
options to ensure travel safety for South Korean workers at an inter-Korean

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's e-learning market grew 8.3 percent
on-year in 2008 to 1.87 trillion won (US$1.27 billion), buoyed by a rise in the

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- The government will spend around 6 trillion won (US$4
billion) to maintain or create jobs as part of its efforts to help citizens tide

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea told South Korea on Monday that it will
reopen the border for South Koreans to return from a joint industrial complex in

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By Lee Chi-dong