SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's enhanced transparency in the public
sector helped move it up to the 40th spot out of 180 countries in a global

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea began allowing liberal civic groups to
resume sending large-scale delegations to North Korea some two months after the

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Six out of seven policymakers at the Bank of Korea
(BOK) voted to raise the key interest rate for August to curb rising inflation

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC), South Korea's
state-run oil company, and top refiner SK Energy have signed deals to conduct a

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Disgraced South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang
Woo-suk has won a patent from Australian authorities for his work on cloning

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks bounced back from a weak start
Tuesday as institutions and retail investors snapped up machinery, finance and

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will take "preemptive measures" if the
collapse of investment giant Lehman Brothers results in a prolonged credit

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea's third-largest
steelmaker, said Tuesday that it plans to raise the price of ship steel plates by

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SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who reportedly
suffered a stroke last month, has recovered somewhat, South Korea's intelligence