By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea's
state power firm, said Friday that its power line communication system has been

SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.84 percent higher late
Friday morning as foreign investors continued their buying on solid earnings
reports, analysts said.

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By Lee Joon-seung

SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it outstripped Japan's
Sony Corp. to become the world's second-largest maker of liquid crystal display

SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc., the world's No. 3 mobile phone
maker, said Friday it is moving to establish a business relationship with

SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday greenlighted a request by aid
workers to visit North Korea, the first such approval since the communist state's
nuclear test in May.

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By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- S-Oil Corp., South Korea's third-largest refiner, said

SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government and the central bank have
retrieved nearly 80 percent of foreign currency funds injected into the economy

SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday it does not yet have any
information to share concerning a South Korean fishing boat seized by the

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap)-- S-Oil Corp., South Korea's third-largest refiner, said
Friday that its net income fell 80.5 percent in the second quarter from a year