Top 500 S. Korean firms' 2010 net up 64 pct: data

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SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's 500 largest firms saw their net profit jump 64 percent in 2010 from the previous year, with industry heavyweights Samsung Electronics Co., Hyundai Motor Co.

Nearly half of elderly live apart from children

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SEOUL (Yonhap) - The number of Seoul's elderly people living apart from their children increased more than 120 percent over the past decade, data showed Sunday, illustrating the nation's rapid demo

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