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Yonhap News Summary
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Wednesday.
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N. Korea vows to continue artillery drills along Yellow Sea border
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea vowed to continue artillery drills along
the Yellow Sea border after sharply raising tension by firing dozens of shells
there Wednesday, reiterating that the de-facto inter-Korean border should be
redrawn.
The General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA) confirmed its artillery
firing, saying it was part of an "annual" drill, after it was reported by the
South Korean military earlier in the day. South Korea had responded by firing
warning shots, and no casualties or damage occurred.
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S. Korea calls on North to stop raising tension
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification minister called on North
Korea Wednesday to stop raising tension, expressing "dissatisfaction" over
artillery firing by the communist country near the Yellow Sea border earlier in
the day.
The firing, which prompted the South to fire cannons in response, "reflects a
very disappointing attitude on the part of North Korea," Hyun In-taek said at a
forum in Seoul.
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Koreas narrowly avert skirmish as N. Korean shells land in its own waters
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean navy on Wednesday responded to North
Korea's firing of artillery shells with warning shots instead of counterattacks,
as the shells landed in the North's own waters, military officials here said.
"We acted upon engagement principles," Lee Gi-shik, a senior officer at Seoul's
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), explained. "If it fires into our territory, we do
the same. If not, we don't have to either."
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Seoul to complete world's first floating islet in Han River next month
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul metropolitan government said Wednesday that
the foundation for the world's first "floating island" will be established in the
Han River next month.
The city's investment firm, SH Corp., and a consortium of seven private firms
have been working on construction of three artificial "floating islands" in the
river that runs through the capital with a combined investment of 96.4 billion
won (US$83 million).
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(LEAD) N. Korea must stop raising tension 'immediately': minister
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea called on North Korea Wednesday to
"immediately stop raising tension," even as the communist state continued to pour
artillery into waters off the west coast of their divided peninsula.
The firing, which prompted the South to fire cannons in response, "reflects a
very disappointing attitude on the part of North Korea," Unification Minister
Hyun In-taek said at a forum in Seoul. "Unnecessary acts raising tension must be
stopped immediately."
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Samsung Heavy 2009 net rises 6.8 pct to 669 bln won
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's
second-largest shipbuilder, said Wednesday that its earnings increased 6.8
percent last year on the back of improved productivity and higher prices.
Net profit reached 669 billion won (US$575 million) last year, compared with a
profit of 627 billion won a year earlier, the company said in a regulatory
filing.
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(4th LD) N. Korea fires artillery, ups tension near sea border
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Wednesday fired dozens of artillery
shells into waters near the inter-Korean sea border on two separate occasions and
vowed to continue firing, ignoring warnings by South Korea that included cannon
fire.
After firing the first batch of about 30 artillery shells in the morning, North
Korea began firing again at 3:25 p.m., with dozen more shells landing north of
the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto inter-Korean maritime border in the
west sea. The area is within the boundaries recently declared by the communist
state as "no-sail zones," Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
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(LEAD) Lee in Switzerland to visit FIFA, attend Davos Forum
ZURICH, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in
Switzerland Wednesday after a four-day state visit to India for his debut on the
global stage as the chair of this year's G-20 economic summit.
Lee, accompanied by a delegation of high-powered political and business figures,
will begin his schedule here later in the day by meeting with Sepp Blatter,
president of the world football governing body FIFA at its headquarters in
Zurich, according to Lee's office Cheong Wa Dae.
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The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Wednesday.
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N. Korea vows to continue artillery drills along Yellow Sea border
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea vowed to continue artillery drills along
the Yellow Sea border after sharply raising tension by firing dozens of shells
there Wednesday, reiterating that the de-facto inter-Korean border should be
redrawn.
The General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA) confirmed its artillery
firing, saying it was part of an "annual" drill, after it was reported by the
South Korean military earlier in the day. South Korea had responded by firing
warning shots, and no casualties or damage occurred.
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S. Korea calls on North to stop raising tension
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification minister called on North
Korea Wednesday to stop raising tension, expressing "dissatisfaction" over
artillery firing by the communist country near the Yellow Sea border earlier in
the day.
The firing, which prompted the South to fire cannons in response, "reflects a
very disappointing attitude on the part of North Korea," Hyun In-taek said at a
forum in Seoul.
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Koreas narrowly avert skirmish as N. Korean shells land in its own waters
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean navy on Wednesday responded to North
Korea's firing of artillery shells with warning shots instead of counterattacks,
as the shells landed in the North's own waters, military officials here said.
"We acted upon engagement principles," Lee Gi-shik, a senior officer at Seoul's
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), explained. "If it fires into our territory, we do
the same. If not, we don't have to either."
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Seoul to complete world's first floating islet in Han River next month
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul metropolitan government said Wednesday that
the foundation for the world's first "floating island" will be established in the
Han River next month.
The city's investment firm, SH Corp., and a consortium of seven private firms
have been working on construction of three artificial "floating islands" in the
river that runs through the capital with a combined investment of 96.4 billion
won (US$83 million).
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(LEAD) N. Korea must stop raising tension 'immediately': minister
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea called on North Korea Wednesday to
"immediately stop raising tension," even as the communist state continued to pour
artillery into waters off the west coast of their divided peninsula.
The firing, which prompted the South to fire cannons in response, "reflects a
very disappointing attitude on the part of North Korea," Unification Minister
Hyun In-taek said at a forum in Seoul. "Unnecessary acts raising tension must be
stopped immediately."
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Samsung Heavy 2009 net rises 6.8 pct to 669 bln won
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's
second-largest shipbuilder, said Wednesday that its earnings increased 6.8
percent last year on the back of improved productivity and higher prices.
Net profit reached 669 billion won (US$575 million) last year, compared with a
profit of 627 billion won a year earlier, the company said in a regulatory
filing.
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(4th LD) N. Korea fires artillery, ups tension near sea border
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Wednesday fired dozens of artillery
shells into waters near the inter-Korean sea border on two separate occasions and
vowed to continue firing, ignoring warnings by South Korea that included cannon
fire.
After firing the first batch of about 30 artillery shells in the morning, North
Korea began firing again at 3:25 p.m., with dozen more shells landing north of
the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto inter-Korean maritime border in the
west sea. The area is within the boundaries recently declared by the communist
state as "no-sail zones," Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
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(LEAD) Lee in Switzerland to visit FIFA, attend Davos Forum
ZURICH, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in
Switzerland Wednesday after a four-day state visit to India for his debut on the
global stage as the chair of this year's G-20 economic summit.
Lee, accompanied by a delegation of high-powered political and business figures,
will begin his schedule here later in the day by meeting with Sepp Blatter,
president of the world football governing body FIFA at its headquarters in
Zurich, according to Lee's office Cheong Wa Dae.
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