SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- Wednesday's closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

KOSDAQ 364.63 UP 9.50 points (close)
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KOSPI 1,182.68 UP 14.97 points (close)
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Dollar ends at 1,347.5 won DN from 1,354.0 won
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The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Wednesday.

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- The government said Wednesday that it plans to spend
540.1 billion won (US$402.3 million) in the next five years to fuel the

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-owned trade bank said Wednesday it
plans to provide a combined 47 trillion won (US$34.9 billion) to local exporters

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Peru will hold preliminary talks on a
possible free trade agreement next week in Lima, officials here said Wednesday.

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- More than nine out of 10 South Korean companies
operating in Vietnam say they are not considering cutting investments in the

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- The number of subscribers to digital multimedia
broadcasting (DMB) services surged about 60 percent on-year in 2008 on aggressive