SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- Even in times of economic downturn, women will keep
buying lipstick and mascara gels, right?

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started higher Wednesday as
institutional investors snapped up shares across the board, shrugging off

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

FOREX-open

Dollar opens at 1,439.8 won DN from 1,447.0 won
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By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean junior high school students rank second
in mathematical skills and fourth in science, an education group said Wednesday,

(ATTN: CORRECTS the name of country in 4th para to the U.S.)
By Lee Chi-dong
BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Negotiators in the six-way talks on North Korea's

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with progress; CHANGES headline)
By Lee Chi-dong
BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Negotiators in the six-way talks on North Korea's

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with results of second-day meeting; CHANGES headline)
By Lee Chi-dong
BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expressed cautious satisfaction with a

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with results of second-day meeting; CHANGES headline)
By Lee Chi-dong
BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expressed cautious satisfaction with a

By Lee Chi-dong
BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expressed cautious satisfaction with a
draft agreement proposed by China Tuesday on ways to verify North Korea's recent