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

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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.

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea maintains a "shoot on sight" policy for

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea swung to a trade surplus in February as
imports declined at a faster pace than exports amid a deepening global economic

The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Monday.