The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Monday.

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run nuclear power company said
Monday it will issue 500 billion won (US$345 million) worth of bonds this month

(ATTN: UPDATES with additional remarks from President Lee in 8th para)
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will spend over 1.2 trillion won (US$852

SEOUL, Feb, 16 (Yonhap) -- Growth of bank lending in South Korea edged down in
2008 from a year earlier as lenders scurried to tighten loans amid an economic

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks advanced 0.09 percent late Monday
morning as large-cap shares posted gains, analysts said.

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES with leaflet campaign, Clinton's upcoming visit,
missile activity)
By Kim Hyun

HONOLULU, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- Former Major League pitcher Kim Byung-hyun has been
excluded from South Korea's national baseball team, which is now training in

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (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 Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will try to
demonstrate her belief in the empowerment of women during her visit to

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will spend over 1.2 trillion won (US$852
million) in the next 10 years to build a nationwide network of bicycle paths