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Sat, 02/06/2010 - 13:05
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Yonhap News Summary
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Friday.
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(LEAD) Seoul to host G-20 summit on Nov. 11-12
SEOUL -- South Korea announced Friday that it will host a summit of the leaders
of the world's 20 major economies in Seoul on Nov. 11-12 this year just ahead of
an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Japan.
The schedule for the fifth round of G-20 summit was picked to coincide with
planned trips by leaders to the region for the two-day APEC summit to open on
Nov. 13, according to the Presidential Committee for the G-20 Summit.
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Seoul shares trade 3.05 pct lower late morning
SEOUL -- South Korean stocks traded 3.05 percent lower late Friday morning as
growing concerns about budget deficits in Greece and other debt-ridden European
countries chilled investor sentiment, analysts said.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) tumbled 49.32 points to
1,567.10 as of 11:20 a.m.
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(LEAD) N. Korea says it will release detained U.S. missionary
SEOUL -- North Korea said Friday it will release a U.S. missionary it is holding
for illegally crossing into the communist nation, saying that the American
offered "repentance of his wrongdoings."
Robert Park, a 28-year-old Christian missionary from Tucson, Arizona, entered the
North across the frozen Tumen river on the border with China in late December to
urge North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to free all political prisoners and improve
human rights.
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(LEAD) Gov't pushes to create jobs with tax deductions, other incentives
SEOUL -- The government said Friday that it will provide tax deductions for small
and medium enterprises (SMEs) if they boost their employment of full-time
workers, a move aimed at helping kick-start the nation's sluggish job market.
The tax credit of 3 million won (US$2,550) per additional member of staff will be
granted across 33 business sectors ranging from manufacturing, retail and
wholesale to construction, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said in a press
release.
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(2nd LD) Chinese official to visit N. Korea on mission to resume nuclear talks
BEIJING/SEOUL -- A senior official of China's Communist Party is set to visit
North Korea next week apparently on a mission to help resume stalled talks on
ending the North's nuclear program, informed sources in Beijing said Friday.
Wang Jiarui, the head of the party's international department, is expected to
visit Pyongyang and meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il next week, the
sources said.
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The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Friday.
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(LEAD) Seoul to host G-20 summit on Nov. 11-12
SEOUL -- South Korea announced Friday that it will host a summit of the leaders
of the world's 20 major economies in Seoul on Nov. 11-12 this year just ahead of
an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Japan.
The schedule for the fifth round of G-20 summit was picked to coincide with
planned trips by leaders to the region for the two-day APEC summit to open on
Nov. 13, according to the Presidential Committee for the G-20 Summit.
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Seoul shares trade 3.05 pct lower late morning
SEOUL -- South Korean stocks traded 3.05 percent lower late Friday morning as
growing concerns about budget deficits in Greece and other debt-ridden European
countries chilled investor sentiment, analysts said.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) tumbled 49.32 points to
1,567.10 as of 11:20 a.m.
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(LEAD) N. Korea says it will release detained U.S. missionary
SEOUL -- North Korea said Friday it will release a U.S. missionary it is holding
for illegally crossing into the communist nation, saying that the American
offered "repentance of his wrongdoings."
Robert Park, a 28-year-old Christian missionary from Tucson, Arizona, entered the
North across the frozen Tumen river on the border with China in late December to
urge North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to free all political prisoners and improve
human rights.
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(LEAD) Gov't pushes to create jobs with tax deductions, other incentives
SEOUL -- The government said Friday that it will provide tax deductions for small
and medium enterprises (SMEs) if they boost their employment of full-time
workers, a move aimed at helping kick-start the nation's sluggish job market.
The tax credit of 3 million won (US$2,550) per additional member of staff will be
granted across 33 business sectors ranging from manufacturing, retail and
wholesale to construction, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said in a press
release.
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(2nd LD) Chinese official to visit N. Korea on mission to resume nuclear talks
BEIJING/SEOUL -- A senior official of China's Communist Party is set to visit
North Korea next week apparently on a mission to help resume stalled talks on
ending the North's nuclear program, informed sources in Beijing said Friday.
Wang Jiarui, the head of the party's international department, is expected to
visit Pyongyang and meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il next week, the
sources said.
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