US ready for joint presentation of defense priorities with S. Korea
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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The top U.S. military public relations officer in
N. Korean leader names third son as successor: sources
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SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has recently
Former President Kim echoes N. Korea's stance on Lee gov't
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By Byun Duk-kun
Ruling party lawmaker stripped of seat
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday nullified a lawmaker's
election victory last April, stripping the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) of a
Major German art gallery to open in Seoul
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Die Galerie, one of the largest commercial art
galleries in Germany, will open a branch in Seoul next month in its first step to
Former Ssangyong Motor CEO apologizes to employees
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The former chief executive of Ssangyong Motor Co.
apologized to employees Thursday for the crisis-hit automaker's application for
court receivership.
U.S. business leader urges quick approval of KORUS FTA
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. business leader urged Congress and South
Korea's parliament on Thursday to ratify a bilateral free trade deal as soon as
Latvian prime minister due in Seoul
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis will visit South
S. Korean IT experts to visit N. Korea
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean information technology experts
and businessmen will visit North Korea next month on a rare trip to the communist
Seoul urges Pyongyang to agree to nuclear verification
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea rejected as "distorted" Thursday a North
Korean demand to adopt a mutually verifiable deal to confirm the possession or
