SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced the former head of
KTF Co., the nation's second-largest mobile carrier, to three years in jail for

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details in paras 7,15,16)
By Kim Soo-yeon

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will spend 1.48 trillion won (US$1.06
billion) to build two robot theme parks that will be the first of their kind in

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) --South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. and LG
Electronics Inc. dominated the global market for liquid crystal display

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government said Thursday that it will expand loan
guarantee coverage to help small-sized businesses and exporters cope with a

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded down 1.1 percent late
Thursday morning as investors remained jittery over the faltering economy despite

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in paras 4-6; TRIMS throughout)
By Kim Soo-yeon

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SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- Woori Finance Holdings Co., South Korea's top

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SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government said Thursday it will expand loan