SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- The government on Friday officially announced a plan
to revise the country's law governing non-regular workers as concerns grow over

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Yonhap) -- The United States kept up its pressure on North Korea Friday, urging once again that it refrain from launching a rocket -- either military or scientific -- but stop

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Friday that
North Korea should stop threatening his country's civilians, pronouncing that the

SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- The oldest existing Buddhist painting in Korea, with
a presumed value of 1 billion won (US$670,000), will go on auction in Seoul this

SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- A court-appointed manager of Ssangyong Motor Co.,
South Korea's smallest automaker, acknowledged the risk of liquidation as

SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean warship with a crew of 300 departed Friday for Somali waters to join multinational efforts to fight piracy in the region, described by President Lee Myung

SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Group, a South Korean retail and beverage conglomerate, is expected to try again to acquire beer giant Oriental Brewery Co.

(ATTN: UPDATES with result of Pool B final match in bottom para)
PHOENIX, Arizona, March 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's World Baseball Classic squad

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- The inter-Korean border remained closed on Friday as
North Korea failed for the second time this week to respond to calls from Seoul

(ATTN: REPHRASES 7th para from bottom to clarify interception scenario; RECASTS time
element in para 2; CORRECTS commander's rank in para 2; ADDS background in last 3
paras)