SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks plunged late Tuesday morning as
investors were spooked by U.S. lawmakers' rejection of a government proposal to

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea's
state-run power company, said Tuesday that a consortium led by KEPCO has signed a

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp.
will introduce new models this week at the Paris Motor Show in hopes of capturing

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is the world's third-biggest spender on
research and development when measured against its economic output, but the

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- Chief American nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill
will cross the heavily-armed inter-Korean border by car into North Korea this

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Tuesday it plans to
increase its budget spending for fiscal 2009 by 6.5 percent and will sharply

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government on Tuesday asked the
National Assembly to approve a 7.5 percent increase in defense spending for next

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Tuesday that it plans to lift
development restrictions on lands designated as "green belts" in order to provide

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's current account deficit reached a
record high in August as the goods balance posted the largest shortfall in 12

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency tumbled against the U.S.
dollar early Tuesday, spooked by the U.S. Congress' rejection of an emergency