SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- A top secretary to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak
on foreign and security issues will be in Washington next week for talks with his

SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's overseas investments jumped in 2008 as
companies expanded their spending on resource-development businesses amid soaring

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Lotte Group on Friday denied a news
report that it is considering forming a consortium with Japan's biggest beer

SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- Lawmakers of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee
are scheduled to visit South Korea later this month to meet President Lee

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SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- Beleaguered Ssangyong Motor Co. won court approval for

SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang will visit South
Korea later this month to discuss ways to promote ties between the two sides,

SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has begun preparations to celebrate leader
Kim Jong-il's 67th birthday later this month, its state-run media said, a major

SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister-designate said Friday
that he plans to strengthen the government's fiscal policy to create new jobs and

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SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- The board of POSCO Co., the world's fourth-largest

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By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Scretary of State Hillary Clinton's upcoming trip