SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Kang Man-soo on Monday called for
local banks and financial institutes to inject "enough" liquidity into the

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator on Monday called
on local lenders to restructure troubled companies as quickly as possible in

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

(ATTN: CORRECTS "last month" into "in November" in para 7)
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans' spending on overseas study and travel in

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean companies are planning to increase
overseas investment on energy development projects this year by over 20 percent

(ATTN: RECASTS lead; REPHRASES para 5, final para for clarity)
By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The United States has agreed to a South Korea-proposed

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS background, details throughout; CORRECTS initial
year proposed by US for relocation of Seoul base in para 2; TRIMS)
By Sam Kim

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said on Monday it will set up a new
presidential council this week tasked solely with overcoming what the government

(ATTN: UPDATES lead, ADDS paras 2,3, 8-10 for Kim's New Year military visits first
since 1995, Seoul ministry spokesman quotes)
By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks gained 1.8 percent late Monday
morning as foreign investors scooped up big-cap shares following a Wall Street