SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Roh Gun-pyeong, an elder brother of former President
Roh Moo-hyun, is suspected of having attempted to intervene in the appointment of

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SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-largest

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., South Korea's top
electronics parts maker, said Friday it swung to a loss in the first quarter, hit

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By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Paring earlier gains, South Korean stocks lapsed into
negative territory late Friday morning as investors locked in profits from recent

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Shinhan Financial Group Co. said Friday it has agreed
with BNP Paribas SA to sell part of a controlling stake in its life insurance

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Brazil agreed to expand passenger and
freight air services between the two countries as part of efforts to facilitate

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

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SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday that it will put to trial two

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Mocking the standard yardstick for women's beauty and
the lingering patriarchy in South Korea's Confucian society, an anti-Miss Korea