N. Korea Condemns U.S. Intelligence Report on Its Combat Ability
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Jan. 24 strongly rebuked as a "cock-and-bull story" a recent U.S.
Kim Jong-il's Meeting with Chinese Diplomat Is Message to the World
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il met with a senior Chinese Communist Party official last week in his first appearance with a foreign guest since a reported stroke last summer.
Nippon Steel to invest US$37.2 mln in POSCO's Vietnam project
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- Leading South Korean steelmaker POSCO said Thursday that Nippon Steel Corp.
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.
Samsung Heavy reports 35 pct gain in 2008 earnings
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co., the world's
POSCO taps head of construction arm as new chairman
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- Leading South Korean steelmaker POSCO on Thursday tapped Jung Joon-yang, the current head of its construction and engineering affiliate, as its future chairman.
Cases of arson nearly doubled in 2008: report
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- The number of arson cases in South Korea surged over
80 percent on-year to 799 cases in 2008, illustrating rising social and household
Samsung develops world's first 4-gigabit DRAM chip
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean semiconductor giant Samsung Electronics
Co. said Thursday it has developed the world's first 4-gigabit dynamic random
