By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Yonhap) -- The United States has provided US$1.28 billion in

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- Sending a special envoy to North Korea may help win the
release of a detained South Korean worker, but that option is not available to

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean toddler has died of hand, foot and mouth
disease in the first confirmed death from enterovirus in the country, health

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea congratulated the United States Wednesday
on its first election to the U.N. Human Rights Council, expressing support for

(ATTN: UPDATES with reports of meeting with Korean residents in Kazakhstan,
additional remarks from Lee in paras 10-12)
By Byun Duk-kun

(ATTN: MODIFIES 4th para to clarify Seoul officials in Kaesong, meetings underway)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea have not yet made a breakthrough

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, UPDATES throughout with minister's speech, details)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea have not yet made a breakthrough

By Byun Duk-kun
ASTANA, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Wednesday urged
his country and Kazakhstan to build what he called the "three beltways" of

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; REPHRASES para 4; ADDS background on N. Korean
plutonium stock in para 3, last visit to N. Korea by scholar in last para; ADDS

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will quarantine inbound travelers showing
symptoms of type-A influenza at airports to better prevent the spread of the