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By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will "soon" respond to the North's proposal

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rose to a seven-month high in April, boosted by overseas sales of state bonds and a rise in the dollar value of assets in European c

By Hwang Doo-hyong

Today (%) Previous Session (%) Change (%P)

1-year TB 2.66 2.62 +0.04

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Thursday decided to sever financial
subsidies for a number of civic groups accused of participating in illegal

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Senior U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth will discuss "carrots
and sticks" for North Korea that may help coax the communist nation into

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Korean emigrants almost halved last
year from a year earlier, presumably due to the global economic crisis, according

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rose to a
seven-month high in April, boosted by overseas sales of state bonds and a rise in

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.55 percent higher Thursday
after swinging in and out of positive terrain as investors took comfort from Wall

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.55 percent higher Thursday after swinging in and out of positive terrain as investors took comfort from Wall Street gains on eased fears over t