SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 2.79 percent lower late
Monday morning as investors dumped shipbuilders, banks and other large-cap issues

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By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyong-o vowed Monday to

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea may resort to brinkmanship to up the ante
in multilateral talks on its nuclear program, but drastic U.S. concessions are

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyong-o vowed Monday to
put to a vote by Wednesday a set of controversial bills rejected by opposition

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The labor union of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine
Engineering Co. said Monday that state-run Korea Development Bank's delay of a

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- A majority of South Korean retailers remain gloomy
about their business outlook in the first quarter of next year due to weakening

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will inject 6.9 trillion won in the next
14 years to expand the country's natural gas storage and distribution

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The government said Monday that it has approved 2.7
trillion won (US$2.1 billion) worth of road-construction projects over the next

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SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state fund will reduce its stock

By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The government will inaugurate a new presidential
commission on integrated social policies early next year, in a bid to more