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SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government has decided to resume the
construction of Gyeongin canal linking the Han River and the Yellow Sea nearly

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By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Monday that it would provide

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- To many film buffs outside South Korea, he is known as
the "Bad Guy" in director Kim Ki-duk's controversial movie of the same name who

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has dismissed its pointman on South Korea
for misjudging Seoul's conservative administration, government sources said

Jan. 6

1926 -- Japan completes construction of the Japanese Governor-General's office
inside Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul.

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By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Opposition lawmakers partially disbanded their

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SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rose in