BUSAN, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- Pacific nations on Friday agreed to cut their tuna
catches by 30 percent and ban fishing in international waters to protect tuna

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea halted beef imports from a U.S.
packinghouse Friday after finding it has repeatedly shipped spoiled meat, the
quarantine agency said.

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; REWRITES paras 2-4,9; UPDATES with remarks by BOK's
deputy governor and deputy finance minister in paras 6-10)

By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Friday urged South Korean
labor unions to learn a lesson from the insolvency crisis at General Motors and

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- The shareholders of Korea Express Co. approved Friday
a company plan to take over Kumho Rent-a-car Co. for 307.3 billion won (US$224.3
million).

Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - The government has asked fertilizer producers to establish cooperation with gas producers to smoothen the supply of raw materials.

Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves now amount to US$50.6 billion or US$420 million more than last November 28, Bank Indonesia (BI or central bank) Governor Boedinono s

Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Boediono said the central bank would provide more "ammunition" to maintain the stability of the rupiah.

Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - The government will soon announce lower subsidized premium gasoline and diesel oil prices, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said here on Friday.<

New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) India's industrial production
index, which contracted by 0.4 percent in October for the
first time in 15 years, will continue to show a slowing trend