SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- STX Pan Ocean Co., South Korea's biggest bulk-shipping
line, said Wednesday its net profit jumped in 2008 on higher shipping rates and

SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and six Gulf states plan to hold their
second round of free trade negotiations early next month, trade officials here
said Wednesday.

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are pushing to

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run nuclear power company said
Wednesday it asked prosecutors to investigate whether any of its employees took

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan agreed Wednesday on a concrete

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By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il named new military

SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.72 percent lower
Wednesday as investors were skeptical about a massive U.S. bank rescue plan,

SUWON, South Korea, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- Three foreign players in South Korea's
professional basketball league are under investigation for allegedly smoking

By Ben Hancock
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) - Daewoo Logistics Corp. expressed wariness Wednesday
over growing political unrest in Madagascar and hoped that the situation would

SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- Local companies' defaults on bank loans jumped in
January as smaller firms took the brunt of a sharp economic slowdown, the