By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, April 4 (Yonhap) -- The State Department Saturday confirmed North

By Lee Chi-dong and Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea went ahead with a controversial long-range

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SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office condemned North

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- Convening a meeting of top commanders, South Korea
cautioned its forces to stay on heightened alert along its border with North

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- A top South Korean government official said North
Korea's rocket appears to have carried a satellite but Seoul is still checking

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean political parties on Sunday condemned
North Korea's rocket launch, emphasizing that the move raised international
tensions.

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office condemned North
Korea on Sunday for firing a long-range rocket, calling it a "serious threat" to
world peace.

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean listed companies' earnings nosedived 41
percent in 2008 from a year earlier, hit by a weakening local currency and high

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- Fines levied on anti-trust corporate violations fell
sharply last year amid government efforts to implement "business friendly"

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office confirmed North
Korea launched its long-range rocket 15 seconds past 11:30 a.m. Sunday, but said