SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- KT Corp., South Korea's top fixed-line and broadband
Internet operator, said Wednesday it plans to buy back 500 billion won (US$331.7

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will not submit to North Korea's threats
regardless of how long it takes before inter-Korean talks are resumed, a senior

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- An anti-communist civic group in Seoul said Wednesday
that it plans to ask the South Korean government to formally recognize

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Just a few steps from Seoul's Myeongdong Cathedral,
where hundreds of thousands gathered to bid farewell to the late Cardinal Stephen

(ATTN: TRIMS throughout; ADDS background, details in 6th, last 3 paras)
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- The government will "closely" monitor financial market

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's intelligence chief recently inspected
the tense western sea border with North Korea, an official said Wednesday, as the

(ATTN: ADDS paras 2, 7, 8 for spokesman's quote on Kim's intentions, MODIFIES)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has given field

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Most of South Korea's big companies will curb capital
spending this year to cope with gloomy business conditions, despite desperate

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy contracted at the fastest pace
among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Local scientists have successfully conducted
pre-clinical tests on a brain tumor-treatment material that may help doctors
fight deadly cancers.