By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- The government said Wednesday that it plans to spend
540.1 billion won (US$402.3 million) in the next five years to fuel the

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-owned trade bank said Wednesday it
plans to provide a combined 47 trillion won (US$34.9 billion) to local exporters

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Peru will hold preliminary talks on a
possible free trade agreement next week in Lima, officials here said Wednesday.

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- More than nine out of 10 South Korean companies
operating in Vietnam say they are not considering cutting investments in the

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- The number of subscribers to digital multimedia
broadcasting (DMB) services surged about 60 percent on-year in 2008 on aggressive

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By Sam Kim

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.55 percent higher late
Wednesday morning as investors picked up financial and construction shares,

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's baseball squad has been recognized as
the world's second-strongest team in the latest global rankings released
Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- Park Tae-hwan, South Korea's 19-year-old
swimming gold medalist, said Tuesday he aims to overcome his weakness in long

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- The chief executive officer of POSCO Co., the world's
fourth-largest steel maker, will likely resign from the post, according to news