SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- One person was killed and more than 200 others left
homeless by Tuesday's seasonal downpour that swamped Seoul and the country's

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 2.16 percent higher late
Wednesday morning as foreign investors picked up tech and bank shares, encouraged

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks will carry out a sweeping revamp of
ailing small and mid-size companies in an effort to keep their potential defaults

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks probably earned more than 1
trillion won (US$772.8 million) in the second quarter on decreased loan-loss

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top economic policymaker called for
local companies on Wednesday to expand their capital spending in an effort to

KOSDAQ 480.19 UP 3.94 points (open)
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KOSPI 1,402.76 UP 17.20 points (open)
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SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Wednesday as investors picked up tech and bank shares, encouraged by overnight gains in U.S. markets, analysts said.

By Lee Youkyung