SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean automakers posted an eight percent drop
in sales last month as the global downturn wilted demand for their vehicles amid

SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rival parties on Monday reached a
last-minute agreement to put a package of 22 media industry reform bills to a

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak left for New
Zealand on Monday for discussions on ways of overcoming the global economic

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in last para)
By Lee Chi-dong

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with results of the talks)
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The first talks between North Korean and the U.S.-led

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- Top South Korean and Japanese diplomats agreed Monday
to step up joint efforts to persuade North Korea not to fire a long-range

SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The number of mobile phones sold in South Korea dipped
approximately 16 percent last month from a year earlier, hit by a slowing

SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday appointed Wi Sung-lac, special
assistant to Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan, as its new chief envoy on the North

(ATTN: INSERTS data in 10th para; ADDS analyst comments in last 3 paras: TRIMS
throughout)
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output contracted at the

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- Seoul's unification minister reaffirmed Monday his
commitment to dialogue with North Korea as his ministry marked the 40th