WASHINGTON, March 20 (Yonhap) -- The United States is still negotiating for the release of two American journalists held in North Korea, the State Department said Friday.

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks are expected to gain ground next
week on the back of improved investor sentiment from the local currency's

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SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will not talk to South Korea or the

SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will not talk to South Korea or the
United States until they stop accusing the communist nation of being a human

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By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appeared to have shed

SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- The head of South Korea's National Human Rights
Commission has called off his trip to Switzerland, where he was scheduled to take

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vice minister's press conference)
By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- A visiting Canadian minister said Friday that South
Korea should resume imports of Canadian beef, stressing that all beef products

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SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial watchdog said Friday a bank

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By Sam Kim, Kim Hyun