(ATTN: CLARIFIES aid groups' call for humanitarian trips in 9th para)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea authorized state funding for 10 North Korea

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Representatives from the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
will visit South Korea this week to survey nuclear power facilities and energy

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Samsung SDI Co., the world's No. 3 producer of
rechargeable batteries, said Monday its joint venture with Germany's Bosch Corp.

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead, UPDATES with quotes from selected groups, signs of rift)
By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's telecom giant KT Corp. said Monday it
will launch as early as November a pilot mobile phone service using a homegrown

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has published a new atlas encompassing the
geographic characteristics, economy and future development of the Dokdo islets in

(ATTN: ADDS details in para 6)
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Tensions were mounting on Monday as

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military said Monday it is unaware of any plan
to withdraw its entire fleet of attack helicopters from South Korea in "the

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- The head of South Korea's 24-hour cable news network
YTN offered to step down, the company said in a press release Monday, following a

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Kumho Industrial Co., a construction unit of South
Korea's Kumho Asiana Group, said Monday that the group has selected a private