SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished nearly unchanged Friday as caution prevailed ahead of a U.S. labor data release, analysts said. The local currency climbed against the U.S.

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SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- State prosecutors on Friday sought a warrant to arrest a high-ranking financial official over allegations that he received bribes from a financially troubled bank in retur

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's national pension fund will increase its investment in stocks over the next five years as part of efforts to boost the overall returns, the health ministry sa

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- A disgraced South Korean television celebrity was slapped Friday with a court arrest to be jailed for eight months for repeatedly gambling abroad and refusing to return ho

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will chair an international convention regulating the spread of ballistic missiles from 2012-2013, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- Friday's closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

SamyoungElec 11,400 DN 300
KCC 325,500 UP 6,500
HandokPharm 12,400 UP 50
SBS 27,900 UP 250

SamsungF&MIns 220,500 UP 6,000
Kogas 35,800 DN 500
SamsungC&T 83,300 DN 100
Hanwha 45,750 UP 250

HHYSCO 47,950 DN 1,600
HyundaiMipoDock 185,000 UP 1,000
S-Oil 146,000 DN 8,000
LG Innotek 97,000 DN 1,400