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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Thirty South Korean soldiers serving at an Army base

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Hyosung Corp., a South Korean maker of textiles and

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea's largest department
store chain, said Friday that its second-quarter net profit rose 19.3 percent

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By Park Bo-ram
SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.41 percent higher Friday
as large caps registered better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter,

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By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- SK Energy Co., South Korea's top refiner, said Friday

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a South Korean
electronic components maker, said Friday it has withdrawn its plan to buy the

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SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's leading computer

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