(ATTN: RECASTS lead; UPDATES with comments, details throughout; CORRECTS status of
threat)
By Sam Kim

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Ticket sales for the South Korean movie "Ssanghwajeom
(A Frozen Flower)" topped 2 million as of Friday, making the film the first to

The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Friday.

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean peacekeeing forces in Lebanon remain
unharmed by mortar fire launched from Israel into the surrounding region but are

By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- A fierce debate erupted in cyberspace Friday after
prosecutors in Seoul took into custody an anonymous online pundit once called the

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Mobile carriers are to provide universal instant
messengers within the first half of the year, officials at one of the companies
said Thursday.

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with party officials' comments at bottom)
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Assembly, paralyzed for weeks by

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The government said Friday that it will allow local
hospitals to engage in activities aimed at luring patients from foreign countries

(ATTN: ADDS Ssangyong Motor CEO's resignation in para 7)
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Ailing automaker Ssangyong Motor Co. filed for court

(ATTN: ADDS Korea Development Bank official's quote, details in paras 16-18)
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Ailing automaker Ssangyong Motor Co. filed for court