SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean fisherman returned home recently
following his defection from North Korea last year and subsequent custody in a

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea should lower or scrap its foreign
ownership ceiling in network industries, including telecommunications firms, to

By Byun Duk-kun
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will be the first nation
in the world to overcome the ongoing global economic crisis despite the waning

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has pledged to donate US$15 million for
the reconstruction of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip over the next two years, the

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly's National Policy Committee on
Tuesday passed three disputed economic reform bills calling for the easing of

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency rose against the U.S. dollar
for the first time in four sessions on Tuesday as foreign exchange authorities

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SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's SK Engineering & Construction Co. and

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SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices grew at a faster pace in

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By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Tuesday its military is ready for