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By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) -- Quite humbly, South Korean maestro Chung Myung-whun

SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) --South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called Wednesday
for "calm reactions" to threats by North Korea, which earlier in the day warned

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By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan will visit

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By Kim Hyun & Tony Chang

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By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, 2009 May 27 (Yonhap) -- The state-owned Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC)

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will tighten monitoring to ferret out
illegal whaling operations that have drawn criticism from abroad, the government

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, 2009 May 27 (Yonhap) -- The state-owned Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC)
said Wednesday that it has raised US$270 million for overseas oil exploration by

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GIMHAE, South Korea, May 27 (Yonhap) -- The death of former President Roh

SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) -- The head of South Korea's state tourism agency has
resigned, a government official said Wednesday, following his defeat in elections

SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan will visit
Washington early next month for talks with his American counterpart Hillary