SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had two aims in appointing his brother-in-law to the country's powerful military board and reshuffling its lineup, analysts said Friday -

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- POSCO, the world's fourth-largest steelmaker, said Friday that its first-quarter profit tumbled 69 percent from a year earlier due to declining demand from automakers an

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Chung Dong-young, a former Cabinet minister and head of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), withdrew from the party on Friday and vowed to run independently in an

S. Korean Bond Yields on April 10, 2009
Today (%) Previous Session (%) Change (%P)

1-year TB 2.56 2.57 -0.01

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks rose 1.5 percent Friday as investors scooped up financial shares amid eased woes over the health of the U.S. banking sector, analysts said.

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- POSCO, the world's fourth-largest steelmaker, said Friday that its first-quarter profit tumbled 69 percent from a year earlier due to declining demand from automakers an

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks rose 1.5 percent Friday as
investors scooped up financial shares amid eased woes over the health of the U.S.

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's national baseball team, which finished
second in last month's World Baseball Classic, will be awarded US$1.5 million

SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's LG Display Co. is in discussions with
Sony Corp. to supply its liquid crystal display (LCD) panels to the Japanese

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By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Waking up every morning at 3:30 to a regime of strict