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Fri, 11/06/2009 - 13:31
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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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Lee rules out 'unprincipled' inter-Korean summit
SEOUL -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Friday that he has no
intention of pushing for an "unprincipled" summit with North Korean leader Kim
Jong-il.
"As I have repeatedly said, I won't pursue an unprincipled inter-Korean summit
meeting. I won't seek a (summit) meeting for the meeting's sake. That's my
consistent thought," Lee was quoted as saying in a meeting with his foreign and
security policy advisers.
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(2nd LD) U.S. not decided on Bosworth's Pyongyang trip: State Dept.
WASHINGTON -- The United States has not yet made a decision on holding
senior-level bilateral talks with North Korea to persuade Pyongyang to come back
to the stalled six-party negotiations on ending its nuclear ambitions, the State
Department said Thursday.
The bilateral talks would likely involve Stephen Bosworth, U.S. point man on
North Korea policy.
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(LEAD) N. Korea's Ryongchon blast site reborn with Soviet-era complexes
SEOUL -- North Korea has built Soviet-style apartment complexes to face-lift its
border town of Ryongchon where a 2004 explosion devastated the lives of thousands
of people, according to a satellite image compiled by a U.S. researcher.
The April 22 blast in the rural northwestern town near China took place several
hours after leader Kim Jong-il passed through its railway station, fueling
suspicions that the incident may have been an assassination attempt by his
opponents.
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Three more die of H1N1 virus infection
SEOUL -- Three more people have died in South Korea after being infected with the
Influenza A virus, raising the death toll here from the contagious disease to 48,
health authorities said Friday.
A two-year-old boy and two women, aged 29 and 54, were diagnosed as having
contracted the H1N1 virus, officials from the central disaster relief
headquarters said. All three were classified as "high risk" patients.
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S. Korean parliament approves India trade bill
SEOUL -- South Korea's parliament on Friday approved a trade agreement with India
that would eliminate or reduce tariffs on over 4,400 South Korean products
exported to Asia's third biggest economy.
South Korea and India concluded the deal, called the Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement (CEPA), in early August to cut duties on such goods as auto
parts and electronics and to boost cooperation between the two Asian economic
powerhouses.
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Struggling Ssangyong awaits court's ruling on survival plan
SEOUL -- A South Korean court is set to make a decision Friday on whether to
approve a turnaround plan by beleaguered Ssangyong Motor Co., which has been
under bankruptcy protection since February, company officials said.
Ssangyong, majority owned by China's Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.,
submitted the plan to the Seoul Central District Court last month, saying it
would cut the Chinese parent's holding to 11.2 percent from 51 percent and repay
its 1.23 trillion won (US$1.04 billion) in debt over the next 10 years.
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NCsoft Q3 net posts 9-fold increase on overseas sales surge
SEOUL -- NCsoft Corp., South Korea's leading online game developer, said Friday
that its third-quarter earnings rose more than nine fold from a year earlier led
by a surge in sales in North America and Europe.
Net profits stood at 46.9 billion won (US$39.8 million) during the three months
ended on Sept. 30, compared with 5 billion won a year ago, the company said in a
regulatory filing.
(END)
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Friday.
-----------------
Lee rules out 'unprincipled' inter-Korean summit
SEOUL -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Friday that he has no
intention of pushing for an "unprincipled" summit with North Korean leader Kim
Jong-il.
"As I have repeatedly said, I won't pursue an unprincipled inter-Korean summit
meeting. I won't seek a (summit) meeting for the meeting's sake. That's my
consistent thought," Lee was quoted as saying in a meeting with his foreign and
security policy advisers.
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(2nd LD) U.S. not decided on Bosworth's Pyongyang trip: State Dept.
WASHINGTON -- The United States has not yet made a decision on holding
senior-level bilateral talks with North Korea to persuade Pyongyang to come back
to the stalled six-party negotiations on ending its nuclear ambitions, the State
Department said Thursday.
The bilateral talks would likely involve Stephen Bosworth, U.S. point man on
North Korea policy.
-----------------
(LEAD) N. Korea's Ryongchon blast site reborn with Soviet-era complexes
SEOUL -- North Korea has built Soviet-style apartment complexes to face-lift its
border town of Ryongchon where a 2004 explosion devastated the lives of thousands
of people, according to a satellite image compiled by a U.S. researcher.
The April 22 blast in the rural northwestern town near China took place several
hours after leader Kim Jong-il passed through its railway station, fueling
suspicions that the incident may have been an assassination attempt by his
opponents.
-----------------
Three more die of H1N1 virus infection
SEOUL -- Three more people have died in South Korea after being infected with the
Influenza A virus, raising the death toll here from the contagious disease to 48,
health authorities said Friday.
A two-year-old boy and two women, aged 29 and 54, were diagnosed as having
contracted the H1N1 virus, officials from the central disaster relief
headquarters said. All three were classified as "high risk" patients.
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S. Korean parliament approves India trade bill
SEOUL -- South Korea's parliament on Friday approved a trade agreement with India
that would eliminate or reduce tariffs on over 4,400 South Korean products
exported to Asia's third biggest economy.
South Korea and India concluded the deal, called the Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement (CEPA), in early August to cut duties on such goods as auto
parts and electronics and to boost cooperation between the two Asian economic
powerhouses.
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Struggling Ssangyong awaits court's ruling on survival plan
SEOUL -- A South Korean court is set to make a decision Friday on whether to
approve a turnaround plan by beleaguered Ssangyong Motor Co., which has been
under bankruptcy protection since February, company officials said.
Ssangyong, majority owned by China's Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.,
submitted the plan to the Seoul Central District Court last month, saying it
would cut the Chinese parent's holding to 11.2 percent from 51 percent and repay
its 1.23 trillion won (US$1.04 billion) in debt over the next 10 years.
-----------------
NCsoft Q3 net posts 9-fold increase on overseas sales surge
SEOUL -- NCsoft Corp., South Korea's leading online game developer, said Friday
that its third-quarter earnings rose more than nine fold from a year earlier led
by a surge in sales in North America and Europe.
Net profits stood at 46.9 billion won (US$39.8 million) during the three months
ended on Sept. 30, compared with 5 billion won a year ago, the company said in a
regulatory filing.
(END)
