SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- Russian Vice Foreign Minister Aleksei Borodavkin, who heads the country's delegation to the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear program, will visit South Korea next we

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea dismissed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's latest call for dialogue as "disgusting sophism" and said cross-border ties are beyond repair.

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will hold a series of additional meetings this week with the U.S.-led United Nations command as tension mounts along its border with South Korea, officials sa

SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- Major global investment banks forecast South Korea's economy will likely shrink around 3 percent this year due to slumping exports amid a worldwide recession, data showed

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SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday.

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Citigroup, one of the world???s major financial institutions, finally succumbed to nationalization after failing to overcome the pressure of subprime mortgage insolvency.

``Violence begets violence.'' This simple sentence is not limited to war, terrorism, crimes and other disputes.