SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea needs to strengthen its early warning
system with regard to North Korea, the country's new spy chief said Thursday,

SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.29 percent lower late
Friday morning as foreign and institutional investors unloaded tech stocks,
analysts said.

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- The only son of former Samsung Group Chairman Lee
Kun-hee is facing a divorce filing, sources said Thursday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with minister's softer approach in paras 5-8)
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- Seoul's new unification minister said Thursday he will

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Thursday.

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- An Australian pitcher playing for a South Korean
baseball club has been allowed to join his national team for the World Baseball

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- Seoul's new unification minister said Thursday he will
seek to resume humanitarian aid and meet with North Korean officials to mend

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- More than one-third of South Koreans believe violence
is more effective than the law and negotiations in solving a problem, a survey
showed Thursday.

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking to inject up to 20 trillion won
(US$14.3 billion) to stimulate its troubled economy by the end of April as

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appears to be
expanding his country's military options and paving the way for power succession