SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Amid a major overhaul of the public sector, the
government said on Monday it plans to revise job evaluation rules to allow

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Monday it auctioned
off US$3.35 billion to local banks which have been suffering from a dollar

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports plunged 25.5 percent in December
from a year earlier mainly due to deteriorating overseas business conditions,

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Ssangyong Motor Co., the South Korean unit of China's
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC), said on Monday it cannot pay its

Riyadh, December 21, SPA -- The Ministry of Agriculture today issued
a statement, reminding citizens of its former decision issued four

IPOH (Malaysia), Dec 22 (Bernama) -- Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Husni
Mohamad Hanadzlah has called for the use of multiple currencies in Malaysia

BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has conveyed to South Korea that it is
willing to return some South Korean war prisoners and civilian abductees in

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean unit of troubled U.S. auto giant
General Motors Corp. shut down all of its three plants here in response to a

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean chemicals maker Hanwha Chemical Corp.
said Monday that it has started mass production of carbon nanotubes used in such

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co., South
Korea's fifth-largest shipyard, said Monday that it has won a 219 billion won