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By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday the outbreak of a nuclear war

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Foreign ministers of South Korea and Australia Friday agreed to expand cooperation on economic and security issues following North Korea's long-range rocket launch that

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday the outbreak of a nuclear war
on the Korean Peninsula is only a matter of time due to what it claims are

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday the outbreak of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula is only a matter of time due to what it claims are efforts by South Korea and the United St

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea pledged Friday to provide Pakistan with US$200 million in aid over the next four years as part of international efforts to support the country's fight agains

(ATTN: ADDS 6th para for previous report on Kim reduced to tears, MODIFIES quote in
3rd para)
By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean prosecutors said Friday they have asked
their U.S. counterparts to cooperate in an investigation into a Seoul-based

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The wife of former President Roh Moo-hyun received
US$30,000 from a local business executive in 2006, a top Roh aide admitted on

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has confessed he's
struggling with the grinding pace of his activities but keeps pushing himself

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- A group of 30 anti-North Korea civic groups in Seoul
issued a statement on Friday, demanding the immediate release of a South Korean