S. Korea, Peru to hold trade talks next week
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.
Over 90 pct of Korean firms in Vietnam not to cut spending: survey
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
Number of DMB service users soars in 2008
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- The number of subscribers to digital multimedia
broadcasting (DMB) services surged about 60 percent on-year in 2008 on aggressive
U.S. affirms it has 'right mix' of war deterrents against N. Korea
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By Sam Kim
Seoul shares trade 0.55 pct higher in late morning
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.55 percent higher late
Wednesday morning as investors picked up financial and construction shares,
S. Korea ranks second in world baseball tally
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's baseball squad has been recognized as
the world's second-strongest team in the latest global rankings released
Wednesday.
Park aims for sharper edge ahead of world swimming championship
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- Park Tae-hwan, South Korea's 19-year-old
swimming gold medalist, said Tuesday he aims to overcome his weakness in long
POSCO's CEO to step down: reports
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- The chief executive officer of POSCO Co., the world's
fourth-largest steel maker, will likely resign from the post, according to news
S. Korean teen movie invited to Berlinale
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- A teenage film by South Korean director Jung Ji-yeon
has been invited to join the Generation lineup at this year's Berlin
Allies to seal deal on defense cost sharing
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will sign an
agreement later this week on Seoul's financial contribution to the stationing of
