SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.68 percent higher late
Tuesday morning as foreign and retail investors hunted for bargains following

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Tuesday it auctioned
off US$3 billion to local banks which have been suffering from a dollar liquidity

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (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, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Tuesday they found possible evidence
of slush funds amounting to billions of won created by Hyosung Construction Co.

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- Ssangyong Motor Co., which applied for court
receivership to avoid bankruptcy last week amid worsening liquidity crisis, said

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-owned trade bank said Tuesday it
has sold US$2 billion worth of bonds to foreign investors to help local
exporters.

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's leading producer of
chemicals, said Tuesday it has signed a deal with top U.S. automaker General

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak expressed hopes
Tuesday the country will increase exchanges in the financial sector with Islamic

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Tuesday as
investor sentiment was dented by overnight falls in U.S. markets, analysts said.

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major shipbuilders are lowering their
order targets this year as a global economic slump reduces shipbuilding demand,