N. Korean leader healthy enough to walk up mountain: report
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's top leader Kim Jong-il walked several
kilometers up a steep mountain as he gave field guidance at a mountainside resort
Lee, Obama likely to hold first meeting in London
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his new U.S.
counterpart Barack Obama will likely hold their first meeting on the sidelines of
Seoul shares end down 4.11 pct on economic woes
(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom)
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 4.11 percent lower Tuesday
Yonhap Interview) Clinton's Asia trip to help restore U.S. image as
)((ATTN: ADDS comments on Seoul's role in Afghanistan, FTA, chemistry of S. Korean,
U.S. governments in last 7 paras)
By Lee Chi-dong
Korean currency tumbles 1.92 pct to dollar
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency plunged 1.92 percent against
the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as market jitters escalated about local banks' dollar
(Yonhap Interview) Clinton's Asia trip to help restore U.S. image as "listener":
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's ongoing trip
Seoul shares end down 4.11 pct on economic woes
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 4.11 percent lower Tuesday
as exporters were battered by continuing fears about the global economic
(2nd LD) N. Korea begins practice for Arirang festival: tour agency
(ATTN: CORRECTS paras 3, 8 to to say festival took place in 2007)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea plans to host its Arirang Festival, the
Iraqi president due in Seoul next week
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will come to South
Korea next week for talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on ways to
Seoul's white paper to define N. Korea as "immediate, grave" threat
By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will define North Korea as an "immediate
and grave threat" to its national security in its forthcoming defense white
