Yonhap news advisory for Friday, Jan. 23

The following stories are scheduled to be covered by Yonhap News Agency. Your
queries are welcome. Yonhap's English-language news desk can be reached by
telephone at 82-2-398-3451 (general), 82-2-398-3460 (economy), and by e-mail at
ldm@yna.co.kr, or catcher@yna.co.kr.

General
-- Delay in parliamentary confirmation hearing for police chief-designate
-- North Korea a near-term security threat: U.S. intelligence director-designate
-- Deputy foreign minister's return from visit to Afghanistan
-- Follow-up on Yongsan fire disaster

Economy & Finance
-- Earnings reports by Samsung Electronics, KT, SKT
-- Tax incentives for public corporations' job-sharing
-- Bank of Korea's plan to increase currency supplies ahead of lunar New Year
holiday
-- Korean Air vows to expand portion of foreign passengers
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