SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co. will demand the
automaker raise wages this year despite a global economic crisis that is forcing

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea needs to do more to promote its tourism
sector, including resuming tours to a North Korean mountain resort suspended last

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By Byun Duk-kun

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plan for further satellite launches, Kim Jong-il's recent inspection of military

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. court has rejected a request by a California
company to bar South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- A new gene screening process has been developed that

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- The wife of former president Kim Dae-jung has launched
a defamation suit against a ruling party lawmaker who alleged that she or her

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Tuesday it is preparing to launch a
"satellite" from its northeastern coast, a statement that follows weeks of

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By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Policymakers at the Bank of Korea (BOK) voted
unanimously to cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point in a bid to