By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank froze its key interest
rate on Thursday after six consecutive rate cuts, in an apparent bid to bolster a

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Thursday.

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened slightly higher on
Thursday, heartened by overnight Wall Street gains, analysts said.

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Wednesday urged North Korea not to launch a ballistic missile, proposing to hold

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea soared two notches to 44th place in the
FIFA rankings this month, helped by performances in the final Asian World Cup

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- A newly launched organization representing foreign
English teachers here called on the South Korean government on Wednesday for more
equal treatment.

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- A Japanese company has agreed to invest US$1 billion
in South Korean property or stocks, a South Korean government trade agency said
Thursday.

(ATTN: CORRECTS typo in 4th para; UPDATES throughout with Kim's comments on possible
meeting with bereaved families, more background)
By Lee Chi-dong

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- The government on Wednesday said it found an
unauthorized antimicrobial substance in frozen chicken imports from Brazil.