SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has visited a vinalon
complex and a machine complex, Pyongyang's news agency said Thursday, as he

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By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- For an English-speaking Korean reader, nothing can be

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- NHN Corp., the operator of South Korea's top Internet
portal Naver, said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings rose 19.8 percent from a

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (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.

Yonhap News Summary

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

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- The delinquency rate of South Korean credit card firms
rose last quarter from three months earlier, hit by the slowing economy, the

KOSDAQ 379.15 UP 0.27 points (open)
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KOSPI 1,187.05 DN 8.32 points (open)
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Dollar opens at 1,380.0 won UP from 1,378.5 won
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SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened slightly lower Thursday,
tracking overnight Wall Street falls, analysts said.