SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- Total earnings by South Korea's credit card companies
declined 36.5 percent in 2008 from a year earlier as business costs rose and

SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's plunging exports are likely to lead to
massive job losses, a private think tank said Sunday, calling for measures to

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- U.S. special representative for North Korea,
Stephen Bosworth, will embark on a three-nation Asian tour Monday to discuss

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung Bak called on North
Korea Sunday to halt its preparations to launch its claimed satellite, widely

SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- The head of the nation's parliament said Sunday he
will put a set of controversial bills to a parliamentary vote this week if ruling

SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, South Korea's top
automaking conglomerate, said Sunday it will invest a total of 9 trillion won

SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- The factory operating rate of South Korean small and
medium enterprises tumbled to an all-time low in January as they took the brunt

SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, recovering from a
stroke he suffered last year, visited the country's northern city of Manpho where

SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean exports of petroleum products are
expected to tumble nearly 40 percent in March from a year earlier due to sagging

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SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Police said Saturday they arrested a 32-year-old man