SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il insisted Tuesday that his regime's friendship with China remains strong and steady despite a leadership transition and external pressure.

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with method of asset management, justice ministry's legislation plan) SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Four North Koreans from the same family on Tuesday came to share assets le

(LEAD) SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- After more than two years, a legal dispute between four North Korean residents and their five half-brothers and sisters in South Korea over assets left over by th

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- More than two years of a legal dispute between four North Korean residents and their five half-brothers and sisters in South Korea over assets left over by their common f

(LEAD) SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak called Tuesday for a sweeping change in the military's "barracks culture" amid criticism that bullying, harassment and other hostile practi

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's business community on Tuesday expressed concerns about a government plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying it can hurt the country's economic growth.<

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Defense ministers of South Korea and Switzerland on Tuesday exchanged views on regional security and the role of neutral states, the defense ministry here said.

HONG KONG, July 12 (Yonhap) -- China's economic growth is expected to slow to 8.9 percent this year from a 10.3 percent expansion in 2010 due to the country's tightening moves, HSBC said Tuesday.

(LEAD) SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Grand National Party appointed a close aide to leader Hong Joon-pyo as the party's new secretary general on Tuesday, sparking angry accusations from his

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday.

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