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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has completed the deployment of its

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Monday that inter-Korean relations
are now at the brink of war after President Lee Myung-bak's first year in office,

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is unlikely to face another financial
crisis similar to the one a decade ago as the country's economic fundamentals are

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The incoming chief of South Korea's national art
museum said Monday he will utilize his past experience in management and

The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Monday.

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. Chairman Chung Mong-koo flew to the
United States to encourage dealers there to boost sales after a sharp drop in

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Total earnings by South Korean savings banks fell 39.1
percent in the first half of fiscal 2008 from a year earlier as falling stock

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification minister on Monday put the
blame on Pyongyang for the confrontational mood between the two Koreas but vowed

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea signed an economic cooperation pact with
Mali on Monday after talks between their top diplomats here, the foreign ministry
said.

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonnap) -- South Korean lawmakers are expected to approve later
this week the government's plan to send a 4,500-ton destroyer to pirate-infested