SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean bank loans to firms declined in December
on seasonal factors as they beefed up their risk management to bolster falling

By Sam Kim
GYERYONGDAE, South Korea, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of South Korea's top
military commanders assembled Thursday to run down a series of defense policies

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- The former chairman of Samsung Group, South Korea's
largest conglomerate, has given up his rights as a member of the International

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Lotte Group is aggressively expanding
efforts to acquire blue-chip companies amid aggravating global economic

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's petrochemical producers are expected to
undergo tough times this year due to slumping exports and slowing global demand,

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks dropped 1.91 percent late Thursday
morning as investor sentiment was hurt by overnight U.S. losses, analysts said.

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- "Treeless Mountain," a South Korean movie about two
orphaned sisters taken in by an alcoholic aunt, has been invited to compete in

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Thursday called
for increased corporate investment in research and development, saying the

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean companies secured record-high industrial
plant orders from overseas in 2008 thanks to strong demand from oil-rich

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.