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By Park Sang-soo
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance ministry said Tuesday that an

SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- Six South Korean films including the Cannes-winning
"Thirst" have been invited to an upcoming Czech film festival, local film
officials said Tuesday.

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean advance team traveled to North Korea on
Tuesday to prepare for a third round of talks over a troubled joint industrial

By Kim Young-gyo
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday
that it has retained the top position in France's mobile phone market for the

SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities said Tuesday that
they have confirmed seven additional new flu cases including one American

By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans' spending on overseas study fell in the
January-May period at the fastest clip in more than a decade amid an economic

SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run lender Industrial Bank of
Korea (IBK) said Tuesday it has set up a banking unit in China to diversify its
services.

SEOUL, June 30 (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, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Tuesday
as investor sentiment was lifted by overnight gains in U.S. markets, analysts
said.

KOSDAQ 495.87 UP 4.23 points (open)
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