Seoul shares drop after strong start

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SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened strong on Friday, but soon shifted to negative territory on jitters over the continued U.S. debt crisis, analysts said.

S. Korea's industrial output grows 6.4 pct in June

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(LEAD)SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output grew for the 24th straight month in June, indicating that the nation's economic recovery remains on track, a government report showe

Korea getting a handle on medical tourism industry

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(Yonhap Feature) SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- As health care costs rise around the world and patients grow more frustrated with limited access to quality insurance, large numbers of people are travel

Samsung Electronics logs 18 pct drop in Q2 net

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SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top memory chipmaker, said Friday that its second-quarter earnings declined 18 percent from a year ago as feeble demand for TVs and p

S. Korea's industrial output grows 6.4 pct in June

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SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output grew for the 24th straight month in June, indicating that the nation's economic recovery remains on track, a government report showed Frid

S. Korea recoups 60.2 pct of bailout funds

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SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has recouped 60.2 percent of the public funds used to bail out troubled financial companies during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, the financial watchdo

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