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By Sam Kim

SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the European Union (EU) are close to
clinching a free trade deal, but it remains uncertain whether both sides will

SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks expanded their corporate lending in
April mainly because government credit guarantees helped smaller companies borrow

SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's money supply grew at the slowest pace in
three months in March as local banks remained wary of expanding loans amid the

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- A five-day Asian training course on ways to deal with
chemical weapons began Monday in South Korea, jointly organized by an

SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Monday.

SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- NCsoft Corp., South Korea's leading online game
company, said Monday that its first-quarter earnings quadrupled on-year on strong

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photographs, graphics, audio and video images, and illustrations (collectively,

SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha L&C Corp., a South Korean maker of construction
materials, said Monday it has started mass production of a key solar-cell panel