By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government Tuesday launched a new
program to support the country's middle class, stressing that a strong middle

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks surged 1.96 percent late Monday
morning as investors scooped up blue-chip shares on eased concerns over the

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to bring home nearly one third of
its military attaches stationed abroad in an effort to cut spending and combat

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) dropped 44
percent on-year in the first quarter due to the global economic slump that has

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- POSCO, the world's fourth-largest steelmaker, plans
to extend its output cut into the second quarter as demand from automakers and

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- The government and the ruling Grand National Party
(GNP) on Monday reached a tentative agreement to create a supplementary budget of

LOS ANGELES, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Kim Yu-na, South Korea's figure skating star,
pledged Sunday to win her first World Championship title that starts this week in
Los Angeles.

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

By Lee Joon-seung
SHANGHAI, March 23 (Yonhap) -- With the 2010 Shanghai World Expo setting the
stage for nations around the world to share developments in business, culture and

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