SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Ssangyong Motor Co., a local unit of China's Shanghai
Automotive Industry Corp., is expected to stand alone until next month, local

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday warned that the ongoing South
Korean visit by Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso would further ruin inter-Korean

(ATTN: UPDATES with remarks from the Japanese prime minister in paras 10-11, 13;
CORRECTS the title of Toyota official to CEO in 4th para)
By Byun Duk-kun

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o said Sunday he
may choose to invoke his power as chair to put a number of controversial bills,

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday denounced South Korean President
Lee Myung-bak for what it claimed to be Seoul's continued attempt to incite

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- The global financial crisis has begun to take its toll
on South Korea's large industrial conglomerates, with major listed companies

SEOUL, Jan 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's metropolitan and provincial governments
cut nearly 10,000 civil servant positions last year in line with President Lee

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead paras to highlight Aso's arrival)
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso arrived in Seoul

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADD more details in 6th para)
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's travel account shortfall narrowed to

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's travel account shortfall narrowed to
US$3.1 billion in 2008 from $10.1 billion the previous year, as the weaker won