GOYANG, South Korea, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Kim Yu-na outshined her
rivals Friday to win the short program at the Grand Prix Final in her country,

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea halted beef imports from a U.S.
packinghouse Friday after finding it has repeatedly shipped spoiled meat, the
quarantine agency said.

GOYANG, South Korea, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- Japan's Takahiko Kozuka took the lead in
the men's competition Friday at the Grand Prix Final in South Korea by

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- A key supporter of former President Roh Moo-hyun who
is suspected of tax evasion, insider trading and bribery, was sent to a detention

INCHEON, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean court handed down jail terms to the
captain and two crewmen of a Chinese fishing boat on Friday for assaulting Korean

By Kim Young-gyo
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- An academic forum will be held next week to discuss
how North Korean films have changed since the communist regime first introduced

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; REWRITES paras 2-4,9; UPDATES with remarks by BOK's
deputy governor and deputy finance minister in paras 6-10)

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean men's handball squad departed Friday
on a 13-day trip to Europe where it plans to play local clubs to warm up ahead of

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- The story of American football star Hines Ward, born
of a Korean mother and an African-American father, is to be made into a film, a

(ATTN: RECASTS lead; UPDATES throughout with KCNA photos of Kim, more of French report)
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state media on Friday released