SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will not come back to the negotiation table
unless the United States and South Korea give up their "hostile policy" toward

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Local creditors are conducting detailed risk assessment
reviews of 430 large companies currently on shaky ground and will name those that

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SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean firms and regional administrations will
send representatives to an expo in Japan this week to seek investment, the
government said Sunday.

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling party plans to set in motion a
special law to encourage construction companies to expand their business

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was reviewing various plans to try to lure
North Korea back to the negotiating table, despite the North's recent

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SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- A large influx of foreign investment into local stocks

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has deciphered the genetic sequence of the
new type-A influenza, potentially enhancing the country's ability to cope with

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- A leading Russian beer company said it will promote
cooperation with North Korean companies, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper reported
Sunday.

BEIJING, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The chief of South Korea's foreign assistance agency
said Sunday he hopes to construct an ecological park in a desert region of China,