SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Credit card spending in South Korea slowed sharply in
the first two months of the year as consumers tightened their belts amid an

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy continues to suffer in the wake
of global financial turmoil, hit by falling exports and domestic demand amid

*** CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The following is a chronological review of major developments
related to North Korea from Feb. 26-March 4.

*** OPINION FROM EXPERTS

North Korea Should Immediately Halt Long-range Missile Launch

By Yoo Ho-yeol (Professor at Korea University in Seoul, Korea)

*** FOREIGN TIPS

U.S. Depicts N.K. As Dictatorship with Continued Human Rights Abuses

*** INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS

President Lee Urges N. Korea to Abandon Missile Launch

SEOUL, March 5 (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.

*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK

N. Korea Condemns S. Korea-U.S. Military Drill at Meeting with UNC

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul-based welfare group said Thursday that it will
break ground for construction of a rehabilitation center for disabled North

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a solid start on
Thursday, lifted by expectations China is set to release a new economic stimulus
plan, analysts said.