Growth, investment are keys to overcoming economic downturn: Microsoft chief
(ATTN: ADDS with investment plan, meeting with President Lee Myung-bak from para 13)
Only 3 out of 10 indicted rapists jailed: report
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- Only about three out of every ten indicted rapists in South Korea received jail terms in 2006, a research paper by a local women's organization showed Monday.
Seoul shares jump for 3rd day on improved investor confidence
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed up 1.44 percent Monday on improved market sentiment following a recent currency swap deal with the U.S.
Merck to shut down plant in S. Korea
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck & Co.
Today in Korean history
Nov. 4
1920 -- Korea's national sports council holds the country's first baseball championship for junior high and high school students at Seoul's Baejae High School.
S. Korea pushes to expand spy law
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- Seoul is pushing for new legislation to combat industrial espionage by allies and countries other than North Korea, officials said Monday.
