SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Thursday handed down a jail sentence
to a person convicted of threatening a high-profile North Korean defector.

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has so far recovered more than 93 trillion
won (US$67.2 billion) in funds spent to rescue financial companies hit by the

Vancouver, Canada, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Kim Yu-na won the short
program on Wednesday with a world record at the Four Continents figure skating

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SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is believed to have improved its missile

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak will likely donate most of his
personal wealth before he begins his second year in office later this month, a

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Department Store Co., South Korea's
third-largest department store by sales, said Thursday its net profit rose 19.3

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minster-designate said Thursday
it will be "tough" to achieve the government's 3 percent economic growth target

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SEOUL, Feb, 5 (Yonhap) -- Shares of Hanjin Shipping Co. and other South Korean

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's parliamentary chief met with visiting
British lawmakers on Thursday, Pyongyang's news agency said.

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit
South Korea from Feb. 19-20 after traveling to Japan and Indonesia, a diplomatic
source said Thursday.