(ATTN: UPDATES with Lee's meeting with Cabinet ministers, more experts' views,
MODIFIES N. Korea's message in 6th para)
By Kim Hyun

(ATTN: CORRECTS Choi's year of birth in para 10)
By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- He is the leader of a "rogue" state that rigidly

SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to
sharply lower its 2010 growth outlook for South Korea to 1.5 percent, reflecting

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details of ruling, reaction from Park's attorney at bottom)
SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Monday acquitted a controversial

(ATTN: CORRECTS Choi's year of birth in para 10)
By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- He is the leader of a "rogue" state that rigidly

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is closely monitoring the North Korean
military as the communist state raises tension ahead of their rare talks at a

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak convened an
unscheduled meeting of security-related ministers Monday, one day before a group

SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- Paintings by 10 South Korean artists will be
highlighted at a separate section in the upcoming Prague Biennale, South Korea's

(ATTN: ADDS Kia Motors, quote in final three paras)
SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, said

SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- The number of new gangs and gang-structured criminal
rings in South Korea increased 60 percent in the first three months of this year