SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak will likely donate most of his
personal wealth before he begins his second year in office later this month, a

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Department Store Co., South Korea's
third-largest department store by sales, said Thursday its net profit rose 19.3

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minster-designate said Thursday
it will be "tough" to achieve the government's 3 percent economic growth target

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SEOUL, Feb, 5 (Yonhap) -- Shares of Hanjin Shipping Co. and other South Korean

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's parliamentary chief met with visiting
British lawmakers on Thursday, Pyongyang's news agency said.

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit
South Korea from Feb. 19-20 after traveling to Japan and Indonesia, a diplomatic
source said Thursday.

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- A former baseball pitcher was sentenced Thursday to a
one-year suspended jail term and community service on charges of routinely

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SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed down 1.46 percent Thursday

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is believed to have improved its missile

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- Korea Zinc Inc., the world's second-largest zinc
smelter, said Thursday its net profit plunged 33 percent in 2008 from a year