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The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Monday.
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Ban's envoy due in Pyongyang on N. Korean nuke, other issues
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- A special envoy of U.N. Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon will visit North Korea next month, Ban's office said in a statement, amid
conflicting signals on international engagement from the impoverished, nuclear
armed communist state.
The four-day visit from Feb. 9 by Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe comes as
Pyongyang fired artillery rounds into the western sea border with South Korea in
the past days and resisted international pressure to return to the six-party
talks for its denuclearization.
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(LEAD) Koreas begin talks on joint industrial park
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- The divided Koreas began talks Monday on ways to
improve their joint factory park in the North, amid rising tension triggered by
days of artillery fire by the North near their western maritime border last week,
the Unification Ministry said.
The South Korean delegation, led by Kim Young-tak, met with its North Korean
counterpart at an inter-Korean office for economic cooperation in the border town
of Kaesong just north of the heavily armed border, the ministry said in a message
to reporters.
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(Yonhap Interview) S. Korea capable of overcoming challenges posed by unification:
German president
BERLIN, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- German President Horst Kohler said Monday that the
reunification of the divided Koreas could come "earlier than expected" and
expressed confidence in South Korea's ability to overcome the cost burden and
other challenges that would stem from such an occurrence.
"Looking back on Germany's experience, historical incidents can occur earlier
than expected. In such cases, these events tend to have a dynamic of their own
and therefore preparations will be insufficient," Kohler said in a
German-language written interview with Yonhap News Agency.
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Parliament opens special session amid continued dispute
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Monday opened an extraordinary
session, with rival parties expected to once again lock horns over a disputed
government plan to build a business-science hub in the country's central region.
The special February session is scheduled to last about a month and comes in
light of the government's announced plan to reverse an initiative by its
predecessor to relocate a number of key government offices to Sejong City, now
under construction in South Chungcheong Province, some 150 kilometers south of
Seoul.
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(LEAD) S. Korea posts trade deficit of US$470 mln in Jan.
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted a trade deficit of US$470 million in
January mainly due to a surge in energy imports caused by higher prices and a
prolonged cold snap, a government report showed Monday.
The deficit is a sharp turnaround from the $3.09 billion surplus tallied for the
previous month, according to the monthly report by the Ministry of Knowledge
Economy. The negative trade balance is also the first since a $3.76 billion
deficit reported in January 2009.
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(LEAD) Samsung Electronics develops world's first 30-nano DRAM chips
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it
has developed the world's first 30-nanometer dynamic random access memory (DRAM)
chip.
"Our 30nm-class process technology will provide the most advanced low-power DDR3
available today and therein the most efficient DRAM solutions anywhere for the
introduction of consumer electronics devices and server systems," said Cho
Soo-in, president of the memory division at Samsung Electronics, in a statement.
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Creditors extend deadline to accept bids for Hynix stake
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said Monday that
they have extended the deadline to accept bids for a controlling stake in the
world's second-largest memory chipmaker.
"The creditors have decided to extend the deadline for two weeks up to February
12, a day before the start of the lunar new year's holiday," said the Korea
Exchange Bank, (KEB), Hynix's lead creditor, in a release statement.
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The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Monday.
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Ban's envoy due in Pyongyang on N. Korean nuke, other issues
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- A special envoy of U.N. Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon will visit North Korea next month, Ban's office said in a statement, amid
conflicting signals on international engagement from the impoverished, nuclear
armed communist state.
The four-day visit from Feb. 9 by Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe comes as
Pyongyang fired artillery rounds into the western sea border with South Korea in
the past days and resisted international pressure to return to the six-party
talks for its denuclearization.
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(LEAD) Koreas begin talks on joint industrial park
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- The divided Koreas began talks Monday on ways to
improve their joint factory park in the North, amid rising tension triggered by
days of artillery fire by the North near their western maritime border last week,
the Unification Ministry said.
The South Korean delegation, led by Kim Young-tak, met with its North Korean
counterpart at an inter-Korean office for economic cooperation in the border town
of Kaesong just north of the heavily armed border, the ministry said in a message
to reporters.
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(Yonhap Interview) S. Korea capable of overcoming challenges posed by unification:
German president
BERLIN, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- German President Horst Kohler said Monday that the
reunification of the divided Koreas could come "earlier than expected" and
expressed confidence in South Korea's ability to overcome the cost burden and
other challenges that would stem from such an occurrence.
"Looking back on Germany's experience, historical incidents can occur earlier
than expected. In such cases, these events tend to have a dynamic of their own
and therefore preparations will be insufficient," Kohler said in a
German-language written interview with Yonhap News Agency.
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Parliament opens special session amid continued dispute
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Monday opened an extraordinary
session, with rival parties expected to once again lock horns over a disputed
government plan to build a business-science hub in the country's central region.
The special February session is scheduled to last about a month and comes in
light of the government's announced plan to reverse an initiative by its
predecessor to relocate a number of key government offices to Sejong City, now
under construction in South Chungcheong Province, some 150 kilometers south of
Seoul.
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(LEAD) S. Korea posts trade deficit of US$470 mln in Jan.
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted a trade deficit of US$470 million in
January mainly due to a surge in energy imports caused by higher prices and a
prolonged cold snap, a government report showed Monday.
The deficit is a sharp turnaround from the $3.09 billion surplus tallied for the
previous month, according to the monthly report by the Ministry of Knowledge
Economy. The negative trade balance is also the first since a $3.76 billion
deficit reported in January 2009.
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(LEAD) Samsung Electronics develops world's first 30-nano DRAM chips
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it
has developed the world's first 30-nanometer dynamic random access memory (DRAM)
chip.
"Our 30nm-class process technology will provide the most advanced low-power DDR3
available today and therein the most efficient DRAM solutions anywhere for the
introduction of consumer electronics devices and server systems," said Cho
Soo-in, president of the memory division at Samsung Electronics, in a statement.
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Creditors extend deadline to accept bids for Hynix stake
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said Monday that
they have extended the deadline to accept bids for a controlling stake in the
world's second-largest memory chipmaker.
"The creditors have decided to extend the deadline for two weeks up to February
12, a day before the start of the lunar new year's holiday," said the Korea
Exchange Bank, (KEB), Hynix's lead creditor, in a release statement.
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