By Sam Kim
SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have inflated its threats to
retaliate against South Korean and U.S. forces if they intercept a planned rocket

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was reelected to a
lawmaker's post, the country's state-run media said Monday, in a closely

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SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- Woori Bank, South Korea's third-largest lender, said

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- Total earnings of securities firms in South Korea
tumbled 60.2 percent in the first three quarters of fiscal 2008 as commission

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- Paring earlier gains, South Korean stocks traded a
mere 0.13 percent higher late Monday morning as investors were cautious about the

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expressed 'regret' over North Korea's
suspension of the last inter-Korean military hotline on Monday, urging Pyongyang

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya will visit
South Korea later this week for talks with his counterpart on ways to strengthen

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's farm, fisheries and food exports rose
5.5 percent annually in the first two months of this year thanks to a solid gain

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SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- A high-level U.S. envoy expressed regret Monday over

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- Local banks provided 3.1 trillion won (US$2 billion)
in loans to smaller companies last month in a bid to help them better cope with