SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened slightly higher in a highly volatile session on Friday as investors bought shipyards and construction issues, analysts said.

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- KTF Co., South Korea's second-biggest mobile carrier, said Friday its first-quarter earnings soared more than six times from a year earlier.

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- KT Corp., South Korea's largest fixed-line telephone and Internet company, said Friday that its first-quarter profit plunged 9.4 percent from a year earlier due to lower

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew 0.1 percent on-quarter in the January-March period on a slower fall in exports and increased consumer spending, the central bank said Frida

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest computer memory chipmaker, said Friday that its net loss widened in the first quarter as the global recession drove

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KOSDAQ 518.34 UP 4.25 points (open)
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KOSPI 1,371.81 UP 3.01 points (open)
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Dollar opens at 1,338.0 won DN from 1,348.0 won
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SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Seven people were killed and five others injured in a multi-car pileup in northern Seoul late Thursday night, police said Friday.