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Monday's weather forecast
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Monday.
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Dollar opens at 1,353.0 won DN from 1,358.0 won
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(EDITORIAL from the Korea Herald on Jan. 19) - N.K. Message
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula heightened Saturday after North Korea's military threatened a "posture of all-out confrontation" against South Korea.
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Jan. 19.
U.S. needs to cooperate with S. Korea for N.K. nuke retrieval: US official By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The nominee for U.S.
S. Korea close to developing new guided bombs, anti-submarine rocket
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is close to completing the development of
a new anti-submarine rocket and guided bombs that will greatly upgrade its
U.S. beef, pork exports to S. Korea rise in 2008
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. beef and pork exports to South Korea increased
sharply in 2008 from the year before, due mainly to the lifting of a beef import
New police chief known as hard-liner
Seoul, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Kim Seok-ki, tapped to lead the nation's police
force, is known to be a hard-liner who adheres to principles.
(profile) Key presidential aide named new intelligence chief
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Won Sei-hoon, the new appointee to head South Korea's
state intelligence agency, is known as one of the few close aides to President
Lee Myung-bak.
