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

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SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- Details on the condition of two U.S. journalists who

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SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea notified South Korea it will resume
operation of cross-border military communication lines on the east coast starting

SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will cut the number of foreigners allowed
in the country to work labor jobs by about one-third as part of an effort to

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SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.79 percent higher Friday

SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial watchdog said Friday a bank
recapitalization fund will begin injecting capital into local banks at the end of

SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea's
state power company, said Friday it decided not to pay dividends for fiscal 2008

SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- U.S. envoy to South Korea said Friday that Seoul and
Washington will continue to work closely in delivering a coordinated message

SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.79 percent higher Friday
as investors scooped up shipbuilders and steelmakers, analysts said. The local

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