SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest
shipbuilder, said Monday its new orders plunged 83 percent in the first quarter

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has reduced public executions and
adjusted laws to better address human rights after years of international

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By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's leading producer of

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By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's leading producer of

SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will double its stockpile of Tamiflu and
other influenza drugs to brace for the spread of swine flu following outbreaks in

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SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished 1.05 percent lower

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SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- A biography of Michael Phelps, winner of eight
swimming golds at Beijing Olympics, was Monday released in South Korea, the

SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run development bank and a
Japanese financial firm have created a new investment fund that could fuel

SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Police detained on Monday an ethnic Korean from China
who ran a criminal ring that allegedly defrauded local residents of some 500