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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 Monday.
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China fuels over 20 pct of S. Korea's total trade volume in 2009
SEOUL -- More than 20 percent of South Korea's trade volume last year derived
from its commerce with China, Korea's central bank and customs office said
Monday, marking the first year bilateral trade has exceeded that level.
According to the Bank of Korea (BOK) and the Korea Customs Service, South Korea's
trade with China accounted for 20.5 percent of its total global trade in 2009,
edging up from 19.6 percent the previous year.
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N. Korean leader said to reiterate vow to give people rice
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has said his immediate ambition is to
end his people's dependence on corn for subsistence and feed them rice and wheat
products, state media said Monday.
"I'm the most heartbroken by the fact that our people are still living on corn.
What I must do now is to feed them white rice, bread and noodles generously," he
was quoted as saying in the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the ruling
Workers' Party.
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(LEAD) S. Korea's consumer prices rise 3.1 pct in Jan
SEOUL -- South Korea's consumer prices grew at the fastest pace in nine months in
January as prices of agricultural, dairy and fishery products increased, a report
showed Monday.
According to the report by Statistics Korea, the consumer price index rose 3.1
percent last month from a year earlier, accelerating from a 2.8 percent on-year
advance the previous month.
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Senior diplomats from S. Korea, China and Japan to hold talks
BEIJING -- Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan were to hold talks
in Beijing later Monday to discuss pending regional issues, including
preparations for a third tripartite summit slated for later this year in South
Korea, officials said Monday.
South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon, his Chinese counterpart Hu
Zhengyue and Japanese counterpart Sasae Kenichiro were to discuss ways to
increase cooperation between the three countries and implement a joint statement
adopted at the end of the previous trilateral summit held in Beijing last
October, said the officials.
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(LEAD) Mood right for inter-Korean summit: presidential office
SEOUL -- The political climate across the Korean Peninsula is ripe for another
inter-Korean summit, even if there are currently no concrete moves being made in
that direction, South Korea's presidential office said Monday.
One thing remains clear, officials from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae
noted, and that is that North Korea has begun to show a different attitude toward
Seoul as it seeks dialogue with the South.
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S. Korean auto sales jump 64 pct in January amid signs of recovery
SEOUL -- South Korean auto sales jumped 64 percent in January from a year ago,
the latest sign that the nation's automakers are emerging from the global auto
industry's worst downturn in decades, according to data released Monday.
The nation's five carmakers, led by Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia
Motors Corp., sold a total of 512,457 units last month, compared with 312,528
units sold in the same period a year earlier, when auto sales plunged amid the
global financial crisis.
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The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Monday.
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China fuels over 20 pct of S. Korea's total trade volume in 2009
SEOUL -- More than 20 percent of South Korea's trade volume last year derived
from its commerce with China, Korea's central bank and customs office said
Monday, marking the first year bilateral trade has exceeded that level.
According to the Bank of Korea (BOK) and the Korea Customs Service, South Korea's
trade with China accounted for 20.5 percent of its total global trade in 2009,
edging up from 19.6 percent the previous year.
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N. Korean leader said to reiterate vow to give people rice
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has said his immediate ambition is to
end his people's dependence on corn for subsistence and feed them rice and wheat
products, state media said Monday.
"I'm the most heartbroken by the fact that our people are still living on corn.
What I must do now is to feed them white rice, bread and noodles generously," he
was quoted as saying in the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the ruling
Workers' Party.
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(LEAD) S. Korea's consumer prices rise 3.1 pct in Jan
SEOUL -- South Korea's consumer prices grew at the fastest pace in nine months in
January as prices of agricultural, dairy and fishery products increased, a report
showed Monday.
According to the report by Statistics Korea, the consumer price index rose 3.1
percent last month from a year earlier, accelerating from a 2.8 percent on-year
advance the previous month.
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Senior diplomats from S. Korea, China and Japan to hold talks
BEIJING -- Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan were to hold talks
in Beijing later Monday to discuss pending regional issues, including
preparations for a third tripartite summit slated for later this year in South
Korea, officials said Monday.
South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon, his Chinese counterpart Hu
Zhengyue and Japanese counterpart Sasae Kenichiro were to discuss ways to
increase cooperation between the three countries and implement a joint statement
adopted at the end of the previous trilateral summit held in Beijing last
October, said the officials.
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(LEAD) Mood right for inter-Korean summit: presidential office
SEOUL -- The political climate across the Korean Peninsula is ripe for another
inter-Korean summit, even if there are currently no concrete moves being made in
that direction, South Korea's presidential office said Monday.
One thing remains clear, officials from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae
noted, and that is that North Korea has begun to show a different attitude toward
Seoul as it seeks dialogue with the South.
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S. Korean auto sales jump 64 pct in January amid signs of recovery
SEOUL -- South Korean auto sales jumped 64 percent in January from a year ago,
the latest sign that the nation's automakers are emerging from the global auto
industry's worst downturn in decades, according to data released Monday.
The nation's five carmakers, led by Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia
Motors Corp., sold a total of 512,457 units last month, compared with 312,528
units sold in the same period a year earlier, when auto sales plunged amid the
global financial crisis.
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