SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's listed firms saw their debts soar 39
percent in 2008 from a year earlier as they struggled to secure cash amid an

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paras 10-15)
By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Sunday expressed regret over the
North's warning against joining a U.S.-led campaign against weapons of mass

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SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- Jung Sang-moon, a confidant of former President Roh

INCHEON, April 19 (Yonhap) -- The floor leader of South Korea's ruling party said
Sunday that his party will make every effort to normalize the troubled business

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headline)
By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to send a government delegation to
North Korea Tuesday for its first official talks with the communist North in a

BOAO, China, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-Hoon said
Sunday the United States has never asked for a renegotiation of the delayed

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has been given special management rights
over a new protected zone in Antarctica that will allow it to oversee research

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans are more optimistic about overcoming
the current economic crisis than citizens of 25 other nations around the globe, a
poll showed Sunday.