SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Thursday's closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

(ATTN: UPDATES with start of talks, next round likely to be scheduled)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Officials from South and North Korea met on Thursday to

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Lingering safety concerns and stricter
country-of-origin labeling rules have prevented U.S. beef from making meaningful

(ATTN: UPDATES with delegation's departure, official's quotes)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean delegation traveled to North Korea on

KOSDAQ 496.00 UP 4.83 points (close)
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KOSPI 1,411.48 DN 0.18 points (close)
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Dollar ends at 1,269.5 won UP from 1,267.7 won
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SEOUL, July 2 (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.

By Kim Soo-yeon

SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's corporate bond issuance more than doubled in the first half of this year from a year earlier as firms scurried to raise working capital amid an economic down