SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's national competitiveness rankings edged
up one notch to 22nd place this year, thanks to improved manufacturing

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- A majority of South Korea's manufacturers failed to
hedge against the volatile exchange rate, a poll showed Wednesday, as the local

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency rose against the U.S. dollar
on Wednesday from a 64-month low on revived hopes that U.S. lawmakers will

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- British supermarket company Tesco Plc's South Korean
venture said it aims to generate sales of 12.7 trillion won (US$10.5 billion) in

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- A group of ranking Pyongyang officials inspected farms
in a rural province, North Korea's state-run radio said Wednesday, while their

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak returned home on Wednesday
after winding up his three-day official visit to Russia, during which South Korea

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade deficit narrowed to US$1.9 billion
in September from $3.81 billion the month before due mainly to falls in crude oil

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-largest
automaker, said Wednesday sporadic partial strikes by its unionized workers this

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. plans to launch a
Korean-language version of its Internet video-streaming service, the company's

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started stronger Wednesday but soon
lost ground as institutional selling overshadowed revived hopes that U.S.