By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- The State Department said Tuesday it plans to send

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- The number of small South Korean firms that entered
bank-initiated debt restructuring programs rose in the third quarter from three

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- The United States said Tuesday it does not
recognize North Korea as a nuclear weapons state, disavowing its own recent

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- Trade negotiators from South Korea and the European
Union (EU) will hold a new round of talks this weekend with the aim of forging a

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's biggest low-fare carrier Jeju Air Co.
said Wednesday that it will offer daily flight services on the route between

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- Even in times of economic downturn, women will keep
buying lipstick and mascara gels, right?

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started higher Wednesday as
institutional investors snapped up shares across the board, shrugging off

SEOUL, Dec. 10 (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.

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Dollar opens at 1,439.8 won DN from 1,447.0 won
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By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean junior high school students rank second
in mathematical skills and fourth in science, an education group said Wednesday,