S. Korea asked to up contribution to Afghanistan: official
By Hwang Doo-hyong
(EDITORIAL from the Korea Times on Oct. 31)
Currency swap
The local financial markets welcomed a currency swap agreement between South Korea and the United States with share prices and the local currency rebounding Thursday.
(EDITORIAL from the Korea Herald on Oct. 31)
Leaflets to N.K.
Leaflets denouncing North Korea sent across the border in balloons are becoming the latest thorn in inter-Korean relations.
(EDITORIAL from the JoongAng Daily on Oct. 31)
No time for complacency
The currency swap arrangement between the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and the Bank of Korea is well timed.
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major Korean newspapers on Oct. 31.
U.S. thanks S. Korea for Zaytun's contribution to Iraqi stabilization
By Hwang Doo-hyong
U.S. housing market to stabilize in near future: economist
By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- Robert Mundell, a Nobel laureate in economics,
forecast Thursday that the slumping U.S. housing market will quickly recover as
Japanese rocket to carry Arirang 3 satellite into orbit
Oct. 30, DAEJEON (Yonhap) -- South Korea's multipurpose satellite Arirang 3, now
under development, will likely be launched in Japan on a Japanese rocket in 2011,
Lee reluctant to replace finance minister
By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday praised Finance
Minister Kang Man-soo for playing a key role in concluding a US$30 billion
