SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's large builders are competing to win
public construction orders in a bid to combat a prolonged housing market slump,

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SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Tuesday it will not

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- Worldwide auto sales, buffeted by the global economic
crisis, will hit bottom this year and are set to recover in early 2010, a senior

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 1.09 percent higher late
Tuesday morning as local financial shares gained ground following advances by

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Tuesday it will not
provide dollar liquidity to local banks this week because they are making their

SEOUL, March 10 (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.

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By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) --North Korea reopened its borders to South Koreans

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- A special envoy of South Korean President Lee
Myung-bak will embark on a trip to Japan later Tuesday for discussions on joint

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's entire foreign exchange reserves are
usable at any time because they are invested in highly liquid assets and can thus

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INCHEON, March 10 (Yonhap) -- Seven South Korean sailors went missing Tuesday