S. Korean, Japanese foreign ministers urge N. Korea not to fire missile
(ATTN: INSERTS 'said' in lead para, UPDATES with comments by Japanese prime minister
in last para)
By Lee Chi-dong
(ATTN: INSERTS 'said' in lead para, UPDATES with comments by Japanese prime minister
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
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- A man arrested for allegedly kidnapping a female
bakery store owner for money last month has confessed to committing two other
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's biggest automaker,
said Monday sales fell 3.2 percent last month as the global downturn hit demand
for its vehicles.
(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 7, 13, 16, 18; UPDATES with more
information, comments in paras 10-12)
By Lee Joon-seung