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SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- Monday's closing prices (KRW) of KOSPI 200 stocks
traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

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KOSDAQ 402.87 UP 7.18 points (close)
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Russian deputy PM due in Seoul for energy talks

(ATTN: UPDATES with foreign ministry's announcement, other details)
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin will visit

Uncertainty over GM Daewoo grows as cash dwindles

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- Uncertainty surrounding the fate of GM Daewoo Auto &
Technology Co. has increased substantially as the South Korean arm of troubled

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Dollar ends at 1,427.5 won UP from 1,404.2 won
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Woori Bank head eyes better earnings this year

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- Woori Bank is expected to post better earnings in 2009
than last year as it is unlikely to suffer big investment losses despite a rise