SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea signed an economic cooperation pact with
Mali on Monday after talks between their top diplomats here, the foreign ministry
said.

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonnap) -- South Korean lawmakers are expected to approve later
this week the government's plan to send a 4,500-ton destroyer to pirate-infested

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 1.37 percent higher late
Monday morning as investors picked up beaten-down shares following recent falls,
analysts said.

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's dependency on oil is likely to decline
steadily in coming years and fall below 40 percent of the nation's energy needs

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea finalized its 28-man roster for the World
Baseball Classic (WBC) on Monday, amid hopes for a repeat of the gold medal feat

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Taking cues from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, North

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (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.

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has deployed medium-range missiles since
last year as part of its arsenal, South Korea said Monday in its latest

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top refiner SK Energy has taken part in
the second prequalification screening of eligible bidders for oil fields in

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yon hap) -- Hundreds of ancient Egyptian relics and mummies will
be displayed at a Seoul museum for four months later this year, an event to