SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il named new military chiefs on
Feb. 11, the country's state-run media reported, in an earlier-than-expected

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The Barack Obama administration still has yet to formulate its
official North Korea policy, specifically in relation to the stability of the

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By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- Out of South Korea's ultra-wired population of 49

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean manufacturers plan to decrease their
capital spending by an average of about 30 percent this year due mainly to

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy may begin to modestly recover in
late 2009 if the government makes prudent policy decisions, the chief economist

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to provide tax benefits to
companies introducing a job sharing scheme in order to ease job losses amid a

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean ballerina Hee Seo, a member of the New
York-based American Ballet Theatre (ABT), will play her first leading role in an

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government has no immediate plans to help the
South Korean unit of U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. cope with tumbling sales

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- The top U.S. commander here has left for Japan to
guide a delegation of South Korean lawmakers touring U.S.-controlled U.N.

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has visited an
artillery unit, accompanied by newly promoted military chiefs, Pyongyang's media
said Thursday.