SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- The total earnings of asset management firms in South
Korea fell 12.3 percent in the first three quarters of fiscal 2008 due mainly to

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 1.91 percent higher
Tuesday as the local currency's strength against the U.S. dollar helped soothe

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling party on Tuesday vowed to push
for early ratification of a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States,

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's large builders are competing to win
public construction orders in a bid to combat a prolonged housing market slump,

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SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Tuesday it will not

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- Worldwide auto sales, buffeted by the global economic
crisis, will hit bottom this year and are set to recover in early 2010, a senior

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 1.09 percent higher late
Tuesday morning as local financial shares gained ground following advances by

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Tuesday it will not
provide dollar liquidity to local banks this week because they are making their

SEOUL, March 10 (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.

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By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) --North Korea reopened its borders to South Koreans