(ATTN: UPDATES with North Korea pledging to boost relations with China; ADDS background)

SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korea announced Monday that it will develop two islands on the border with China as an economic zone, a possible move to experiment with Chinese-style economic devel

(ATTN: UPDATES with prosecutors' plan to summon former top financial regulator in 8th para) SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office called for caution Monday in parliament's handling of a

(ATTN: UPDATES with presidential office delivering its position to the ruling party in 4th para) SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office called for caution Monday in parliament's handling

(ATTN: UPDATES in paras 1-5 with presidential office comments)

SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- The rate difference between credit and home mortgage loans reached record high levels in April as lenders raised rates on money given out without collateral, the central b

SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak promoted the deputy home affairs minister and named him to become the ministry's second vice chief on Monday in a small reshuffle that also affecte

SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin will visit China next month for talks with his counterpart on the security situation on the Korean Peninsula, joint naval search

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with prosecutor general's remarks; CHANGES headline)

By Kim Young-gyo HONG KONG, June 6 (Yonhap) -- A China-North Korea joint venture that makes food additives has been operating smoothly in a display of close ties between the two countries, China's