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SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South
Korean newspapers on March 10.

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Yonhap) -- The Barack Obama administration will work with
relevant countries for congressional ratification of pending free trade

SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- The total earnings of futures firms in South Korea
jumped 51.6 percent in the first three quarters of fiscal 2008 as commission

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Yonhap) -- The United States Monday urged North Korea to
stop threatening South Korea over the ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint military

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead, UPDATES with detail)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been reelected as

TOKYO, March 9 (Yonhap) -- Olympic champion South Korea beat defending champion
Japan 1-0 Monday to clinch the top spot in the first round of the 2009 World
Baseball Classic.

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea released the names of its new Assembly members including leader Kim Jong-il on Monday, but the list did not include his youngest son, who was rumored to have

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday released the names of its newly elected 687 lawmakers, including leader Kim Jong-il, but the list did not include Kim's youngest son, who was rumore

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan held working-level talks in Seoul Monday on the vague demarcation of their maritime border, but as expected, they produced no tangible deal, Seoul's