By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top builder Daewoo Engineering &
Construction Co. said Wednesday that it has finalized a US$610 million deal to

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will introduce three additional
strategies to attract more tourists next year in the face of the global

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. aims to raise its share of the
global mobile phone market to the 10-percent range in 2009 by selling more

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy could grow 4 percent next year if
the government succeeds in carrying out its deregulation measures as planned, a

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with creditors temporarily approving debt rescheduling
plan, quote, details in paras 1-6, stock reaction in final para; AMENDS headline)

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- Daewoo International Corp., a South Korean trading
company, said Wednesday it plans to clinch a final deal with a Chinese state-run

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's No. 2 computer
memory maker, said Wednesday it developed a new DRAM for handheld devices that

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of C&Heavy Industries Co., a shipbuilding
affiliate of South Korea's C&Group, said Wednesday they approved a plan to

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's procurement agency said Wednesday that it
will front-load around 70 percent of its 2009 budget spending in the first half

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's revenue may take a beating if world
oil prices fall sharply following the global economic crisis, Prime Minister