SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- POSCO and other South Korean steelmakers are planning
to extend a production cut to cope with tapering demand, industry sources said
Tuesday.

SEOUL, Feb. 3 (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.

SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started lower Tuesday as retail
shares lost ground amid heavy institutional selling, analysts said.

KOSDAQ 369.77 UP 4.00 points (open)
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KOSPI 1,152.94 UP 5.99 points (open)
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Dollar opens at 1,400.0 won UP from 1,390.0 won
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SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rose for the
second straight month in January as investment profits gained and local banks'

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. State Department said Monday the
itinerary for U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's imminent visit to South

(ATTN: UPDATES paras 7-10 with defense ministry spokesman's quote, INSERTS new quote
in 13th para, detail at bottom)
By Kim Hyun

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade-oriented economy was rocked in
January as exports plunged to record-low levels amid the ongoing global economic