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headline; TRIMS)

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan was to
leave for Thailand later Monday to attend this year's session of the ASEAN

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Heavy rains hit Pyongyang and North Korea's northern
region over the weekend, raising concerns of recurring casualties and damage to

(ATTN: ADDS crackdown results in paras 5-6)
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- People who illegally upload music or movies in South

By Park Bo-ram
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Foreign ownership of South Korean shares gained ground
in the first seven months of this year as overseas investors increased their

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has agreed with two European organizations
to share information on technology standardization and related policies as part

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The chief of South Korea's central bank will attend a
meeting of top central bankers from the East Asia and Pacific region this week to

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The number of corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
in South Korea plunged during the first half of this year as the global economic

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Nearly half of the nation's jobless received
unemployment benefits in the first half of the year, the highest figure since

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Jeju Air Co., South Korea's biggest budget carrier,
plans to launch two passenger chartered flights to the Thai tourist resort of