BEIJING, Dec.

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- Rival parties agreed Monday to pass next year's spending plan by the end of this week amid fierce objections from a progressive minority party.

By Lee Chi-dong

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- Last-minute negotiations on passing next year's
spending plan fell through Monday as a minority opposition party demanding

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks vowed Monday to reduce their
reliance on short-term borrowing, including the sale of bank bonds, in a bid to

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean automakers need to diversify their export
destinations and develop more fuel-efficient cars to ride out the current

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Monday that it has
temporarily halted all quarantine inspections of Irish pork after Dublin said it

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's prime minister instructed the government
Monday to create a special task force dedicated to ameliorating looming fears of

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom)
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks soared 7.48 percent Monday as

By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The office of President Lee Myung-bak on Monday flatly
denied growing media speculation of an imminent shakeup of the Cabinet and