TOKYO, June 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak awarded a medal
Sunday to a Japanese business leader for his contribution to improving

By Byun Duk-kun
TOKYO, June 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak pledged on Sunday
to provide more support to South Korean residents in Japan and to help them

SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Russia will discuss ways to enhance
cooperation in resource development, science technology and other areas of mutual

SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- The city of Seoul said Sunday it plans to help plant a
forest in Mongolia to stem rapid desertification in the landlocked Asian country.

By Park Bo-ram
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded
3.7 percent in 2008 from a year earlier, due mainly to one-off factors, posting

SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- The governor of South Korea's Gyeonggi Province said
Sunday he will help companies operating at a North Korean industrial park to

SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- It will take more time than expected for the South
Korean government to achieve a balanced budget as it must stick to its

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean military will set up an
"experimental" unit to test-drive new policies that aim to build a more

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's port freight handling volume declined
9.4 percent on-year in May as the global economic slump affected trade, a

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean consumers may continue to hold back on