By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean opposition lawmaker Thursday
warned that South Korea's ratification of a free trade deal with the U.S. will

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- The nominee for the chief U.S. intelligence post
Thursday picked North Korea among near-term security concerns for America.

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- The bodies of two ethnic Koreans who may have been
murdered have been found in Guatemala, according to Seoul's foreign ministry on
Thursday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with prosecution's plan to summon high-level police officers in para 10)
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors concluded Thursday that a deadly fire that

(ATTN: UPDATES with the arrest of five protesters in para 9)
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors concluded Thursday that a deadly fire that

(ATTN: UPDATES with North Korean premier's meeting with Wang Jiarui)
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- A high-level Chinese party official visiting Pyongyang

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Card Co., South Korea's second-largest credit
card firm, said Thursday its net profit nose-dived by more than half in 2008 from

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- A high-level Chinese party official visiting Pyongyang
met with a high-level North Korean official on Thursday, the North's news agency

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's leading retailer Shinsegae said Thursday
that annual sales for 2008 moved up 5.7 percent compared to the year before.

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- Chronic food shortages will considerably reduce North
Korea's pool of military recruits in the coming years, with nearly a quarter of