SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea designated swine flu as an infectious livestock disease on Monday, allowing authorities to cull sick animals in the wake of reported human infections in Mexi

SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has reduced public executions and adjusted laws to better address human rights after years of international criticism, but cases of abuse are still widesprea

SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to start work on the restoration of its four major rivers in September to improve water quality and secure a stable water supply, the government said M

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday.

LONDON, April 27 (Bernama) -- Mustapa Mohamed led his first trade and
investment mission as the Minister of International Trade and Industry, with an

By Alan Ting

SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The government on Monday ordered the destruction of
Chinese beef products tainted with a substance that can cause rapid pulse,

SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- State prosecutors on Monday sought a five-year jail
term for a brother of former President Roh Moo-hyun for allegedly peddling

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military said Monday it plans to
provide each soldier with an individual bed by 2013, dispensing with sleeping on

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SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will double its stockpile of Tamiflu and