By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, March 8 (Yonhap) -- She was once cast in with that sea of would-be
authors, struggling to find a publisher for her debut novel: a lengthy, dense

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, March 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank is widely expected to
further cut its key interest rate for March to keep the local economy from

(ATTN: FIXES date in lead, 3rd para)
TOKYO, March 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was routed by Japan 2-14 in the second

TOKYO, March 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was routed by Japan 2-14 in the second
regional round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic on Sunday.

By Byun Duk-kun
JAKARTA, March 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called Saturday

(ATTN: UPDATES with reports of meeting between Lee and Indonesian parliamentary
speaker in paras 9-10)
By Byun Duk-kun

(ATTN: RECASTS lead; UPDATES throughout with meeting with Russian envoy, backgrounds)
By Lee Chi-dong

HANOI, March 7 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean captain committed suicide after
allegedly stabbing one crewman to death and wounding two others in a late-night

(ATTN: UPDATES with additional comments, remarks by Sung Kim, backgrounds)
By Lee Chi-dong
INCHEON, March 7 (Yonhap) -- Stephen Bosworth, the new U.S. special

SEOUL, March 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks are expected to remain highly
volatile next week on investor concerns over fallout from the ongoing global