(ATTN: UPDATES with background of Dokdo in last two paras)
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean police officer standing guard on the

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean police officer standing guard on the
nation's easternmost islets of Dokdo has gone missing, police said Tuesday.

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to develop and deploy
remote-controlled mines along its heavily guarded border with North Korea by

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Ssangyong Motor Co., currently awaiting a court's
decision on bankruptcy protection, said Tuesday it plans to restart operations at

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- More than nine out of 10 people in South Korea, known
as one of the world's most wired nations, owned a mobile phone as of last year,

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- The government said Tuesday it has allocated the
largest amount of reserve funds in six years for this year in a bid to better

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il enjoyed a performance
given by the North's state merited chorus on the occasion of the lunar New Year,

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Tuesday it plans to
issue a 50,000 won (US$35.93) bill in May or June after beefing up anti-forgery
works.

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- Nearly half of South Koreans think the morality

ANSAN, South Korea, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- A court decided Monday to further detain
a man suspected of kidnapping and murdering a 21-year-old female university