SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economic growth is expected to slow to
3.8 percent next year, following a projected 4.2 percent growth for 2008 as the

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- A free trade deal with the United States is unlikely to
be ratified within the year given the political climate there, a South Korean

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- A majority of South Korea's manufacturers failed to
hedge against the volatile exchange rate, a poll showed Wednesday, as the local

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- British supermarket company Tesco Plc's South Korean
venture said it aims to generate sales of 12.7 trillion won (US$10.5 billion) in

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-largest
automaker, said Wednesday sporadic partial strikes by its unionized workers this

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. plans to launch a
Korean-language version of its Internet video-streaming service, the company's

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- Korea Express Co., the nation's top logistics company,
said Wednesday that it is aiming at sales of 2.1 trillion won (US$1.74 billion)
this year.

SEOUL, Oct.

(AAP) Rio Tinto Ltd shares surged on Wednesday after the Australian competition watchdog gave the green light to BHP Billiton's proposed $US120 billion ($A151.32 billion) takeover of the group and

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean auto sales declined in September as deepening U.S.