STX's European unit wins vessel order from Norway

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SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- STX OSV Holdings Ltd., a European unit of South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate STX Group, has clinched a deal valued at around 120 billion won (US$109 million) to build

N. Korea's heir apparent Kim Jong-un visits China

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(2nd LD) SEOUL/BEIJING, May 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's heir apparent son, Kim Jong-un, arrived in China by train Friday, a source in a Chinese border city said, in an apparent

Today in Korean history

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1947 -- The second U.S.-Soviet Joint Commission opens to discuss forming a joint transitional government and trusteeship in Korea. The talks broke off on July 10.

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