Ukrainian prime minister to visit S. Korea next week
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The prime ministers of South Korea and Ukraine will
hold talks next week on ways to promote their economic cooperation especially in
Woori Finance unit to buy Australian office building
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The brokerage unit of Woori Finance Holdings Co., South
Korea's No. 3 financial group, said Thursday a consortium led by it has won a
Seoul stocks end down 0.01 pct in volatile session
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares closed 0.01 percent lower Thursday
after a volatile session as institutional investors sold shares for the third
S. Korean pro basketball league to start drug testing
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's basketball governing body said Thursday
it will start drug testing professional players from the upcoming 2009-2010
Spy agency raises alert level against possible future cyber attacks
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's spy agency said Thursday it raised its
alert against what could be the third cyber assault on the country's major
S. Korea's gender income gap highest among OECD members
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The income gap between men and women in South Korea is
larger than in any other advanced nation, a report showed Thursday, underlining
Bank of Korea freezes key rate for 5th month
(ATTN: RESTRUCTURES paras 2,5; UPDATES with remarks by economists in paras 15-16)
By Kim Soo-yeon
Apple agrees to recall some of its iPod music players
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Apple Computer Inc. has agreed to recall some of its
iPod music players following consumer complaints about their batteries, South
S. Korea to open cyber warfare command next year: official
By Sam Kim
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to set up a military command next
year to tackle the threat of cyber attacks by North Korea, an official said
Bank of Korea freezes key rate for 5th month
(ATTN: RECASTS lead, para 2; UPDATES with remarks by BOK Gov. in paras 4,5,8-12;
RECASTS throughout)
By Kim Soo-yeon
