NEW YORK (Yonhap) -- A plan to send a United Nations special envoy to North Korea next month has been called off due to the isolated country's unwillingness to hold dialogue at this time, a U.S.

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- South Korea will sternly respond to any preemptive attack by North Korea along the disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea, Seoul's defense chief said on Feb. 20.

MOSCOW (Yonhap) -- North Korea and its five dialogue partners in the often troubled six-nation nuclear talks began a two-day meeting of working-level officials in Moscow on Feb.

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea may try to jolt South Korea with an unexpected provocation along their shared border, Seoul's chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Feb. 19.

BEIJING (Yonhap) - The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has registered as a candidate in the secretive country's upcoming parliamentary elections, informed sources in Beijing said on

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Trade between South and North Korea declined 19.6 percent in January from a year earlier, apparently hit by the slumping South Korean economy and frayed Seoul-Pyongyang relations,

Today (%) Previous Session (%) Change (%P)

1-year TB 2.54 2.55 -0.01

SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.78 percent higher in a
volatile session Friday as investors picked up recently beaten-down finance and

KOSDAQ 363.21 UP 4.56 points (close)
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KOSPI 1,063.03 UP 8.24 points (close)
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