By Ben Hancock
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- As hundreds of thousands of her peers huddled over
their desks at testing centers around the country, she stood in front of a

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SEOUL, Dec.5 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Dec. 5.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- A close confidant of South Korean President Lee
Myung-bak hinted Thursday at an early homecoming amid reports that he may be

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- Chief nuclear envoys from North Korea and the
United States will meet in Singapore Friday to try to nail down how far

SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling party said Friday it will ask
activists to stop sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the inter-Korean border,

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has
canceled his visit to Washington next week for "strategic dialogue" with his

SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to buy bad loans from local banks and
other financial companies as a deepening economic slump is set to turn more loans