SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, said
Thursday it is displaying its latest in-car entertainment systems at the world's

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bond issuance increased 5.6 percent in
2008 from a year earlier amid growing concern over an economic downturn, the

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SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will seek to provide about 50 trillion won

BEIJING, Jan 8 (Bernama) - An estimated 50 million mainland Chinese tourists
will holiday abroad this year, growing at a low of 9 percent because of the

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's arable land declined 1.3 percent in 2008
as more farming land was used to build apartments, roads and other facilities, a

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- The growth of South Korea's money supply slowed to an
eight-month low in November as local banks curtailed lending and foreign

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean bank loans to firms declined in December
on seasonal factors as they beefed up their risk management to bolster falling

By Sam Kim
GYERYONGDAE, South Korea, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of South Korea's top
military commanders assembled Thursday to run down a series of defense policies

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- The former chairman of Samsung Group, South Korea's
largest conglomerate, has given up his rights as a member of the International

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Lotte Group is aggressively expanding
efforts to acquire blue-chip companies amid aggravating global economic