China likely to be discreet in hosting N. Korea's leader-in-waiting
By Sam Kim
Lee calls for end to factional division within ruling party
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China's central bank head sounds alarm bells on high savings rate
By Kim Young-gyo
N. Korea kidnapped S. Korean military officers in 1999: ex-journalist
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- A former journalist told a Seoul court that North Korea kidnapped two South Korean colonel-level officers and arrested two others in 1999 when they apparently were on secr
S. Korean Bond Yields on May 20, 2011
Today Previous Session Change (%P)
1-year TB 3.41 3.41 --
Seoul shares rise 0.76 pct on tech, auto gains
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N. Korea reportedly purged senior intelligence official
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have purged a senior intelligence official, South Korean officials said Friday, in what could be a case of infighting amid its power succession proc
Seoul shares rise 0.76 pct on tech, auto gains
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks inched up 0.76 percent on Friday as gains in tech and auto shares overshadowed falls in brokerages and builders, analysts said.
Hyundai Heavy's orders almost double this year
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's leading shipbuilder, said Friday that orders won in the first four months of the year almost doubled from a year earlier.
Lee calls for end to factional division within ruling party
(LEAD) SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak called for an end to the factional division within the ruling Grand National Party on Monday, asking newly elected party leaders to carry
