Seoul mulls subway fare hike

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SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul Metropolitan Government is considering raising the subway fare to reduce its snowballing deficit, city officials said Thursday.

S. Korean business failures climb in April

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SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Korean corporate bankruptcies climbed in April from a month earlier due mainly to increased failures by builders, the central bank said Thursday.

CJ CheilJedang completes Philippine xylose plant

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By Nam Kwang-sik SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea's largest food firm, said Thursday it dedicated a joint-venture plant in the Philippines that produces xylose, a natural

NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 158

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(May 19, 2011) *** CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The following is a chronological review of major developments related to North Korea from May 12 to May 18, 2011.

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