SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will reopen negotiations with Canada on beef imports in early November, almost a year after their talks were suspended, the government said Wednesday.

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co.

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SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of

By Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- A former top U.S. diplomat on Wednesday asked the next
U.S. president not to throw away critical accomplishments made in past

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By Shin Hae-in

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks plunged over 5 percent to a
three-year low Wednesday as investors remained jittery over a global recession

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By Shin Hae-in

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Wednesday that it
found minute traces of the industrial chemical melamine in five products

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- Pusan Bank, a South Korean regional lender, said
Wednesday its third-quarter earnings increased 2.2 percent thanks to increased
fee income.

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- The sluggish global economy is expected to cause a downturn in South Korean exports in the first half of 2009, a senior government policymaker said Wednesday.