KOSDAQ 361.16 UP 4.64 points (open)
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KOSPI 1,214.50 UP 8.80 points (open)
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By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Five years ago, South Korea's television producers
would have said it was "a piece of cake" to lure viewers throughout Asia. They

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank slashed its key interest
rate on Friday by half a percentage point, the fifth cut in three months, in a

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened higher Friday, boosted by
aggressive foreign buying, analysts said.

FOREX-open

Dollar opens at 1,322.0 won DN from 1,333.0 won
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Quit bickering

Grand social compromise
Are employers, big unions ready to share pain?

Lee-Aso summit

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Kurt Campbell, ex-U.S. deputy assistant secretary