SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's leading retailer Shinsegae said Thursday
that annual sales for 2008 moved up 5.7 percent compared to the year before.

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- Chronic food shortages will considerably reduce North
Korea's pool of military recruits in the coming years, with nearly a quarter of

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- The decision by President Lee Myung-bak to name a

A tourist who wandered for six days through the Australian desert was rescued after
he managed to contact his family in Romania on his mobile phone.

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- The decision by President Lee Myung-bak to name a

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

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- The decision by President Lee Myung-bak to name a
veteran finance official as deputy defense minister signals his resolve to

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors indicted a man on Thursday for allegedly
spreading false rumors on the Internet that they say cost the country billions of

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- SK Energy Co., South Korea's top oil refiner, said
Thursday it swung to a loss in the fourth quarter of last year due to a weaker

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SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 1.14 percent higher