SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- KT Corp., South Korea's largest phone and Internet
service provider, said Tuesday it plans to merge with its mobile operator to

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BUSAN, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man, the first to be convicted of
spousal rape in the country, was found dead Tuesday in an apparent suicide,
police officials said.

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SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors and human rights officials launched an

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state quarantine body said Tuesday it
returned or destroyed 28,000 shipments and packages of pest-infested

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- One policymaker at the Bank of Korea (BOK) argued that
the BOK needs to pay local banks higher interest on their required reserves at

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agricultural cooperative must accept
sweeping changes if it wants to stay afloat and expand its business sphere, a

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- The countryside home of former President Kim
Young-sam's son-in-law was broken into by a group of robbers who allege a large

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SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares closed 2.07 percent lower Tuesday

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SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks and non-bank financial institutions