By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Monday it plans to
effectively offer more denizenships, or rights of permanent residence, to foreign

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean non-life insurers saw their earnings from
overseas operations gain 28.7 percent on-year in the first half of fiscal 2008

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The labor union of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine
Engineering Co. said Monday that state-run Korea Development Bank's delay of a

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- A majority of South Korean retailers remain gloomy
about their business outlook in the first quarter of next year due to weakening

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will inject 6.9 trillion won in the next
14 years to expand the country's natural gas storage and distribution

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The government said Monday that it has approved 2.7
trillion won (US$2.1 billion) worth of road-construction projects over the next

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SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state fund will reduce its stock

New Delhi, Dec 29 (PTI) In a clear sign of slowing
economic activity in the country, India's fuel consumption
grew by just two percent in November and the most used diesel

Steel making giant Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet (Zhongjin) has received
Chinese government approval to take a 50.1 per cent stake in cash-strapped lead and

Bangkokians to spend less this New Year holiday