By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- Cheong Wa Dae, the presidential office, on Thursday
denied as groundless a rumor that a fresh foreign exchange crisis will break out

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Thursday.

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition party said Thursday that up to
4,200 state workers could have deliberately sidestepped regulations by pocketing

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- A court issued an arrest warrant for the elder brother
of former President Roh Moo-hyun on Thursday, a decision certain to expand

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will supply more liquidity to the market
through policy lenders and other state agencies to help regain financial

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will begin construction of its second
Olympic training center next week in the country's central region, officials said
Thursday.

(ATTN: CORRECTS semiconductor export numbers in para 4)
By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean exports of information technology (IT)

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 1.58 percent lower Thursday
as institutions and foreign investors dumped blue chips, outweighing earlier

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Thursday that it will front-load
fiscal spending in the first half of next year as part of efforts to stimulate

By Kim Young-gyo
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- Having at least one son is a significant reason for
South Korean working mothers' pregnancies, a scholar said Thursday.