Yonhap News Summary

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Thursday.

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- Organizers of "Visit Korea Year 2010-2012" said
Thursday that welcoming events will be held for foreign tourists at the nation's

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Justice Minister Lee Kwi-nam vowed
Thursday that law enforcement authorities will step up efforts to crack down on

By Nurul Jannah Kamaruddin

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Najib Razak Thursday
conveyed his condolences to the family of Abdurrahman Wahid and the people

BANGKOK, Dec 31 (TNA) – Both Thais and foreigners flocked to join the New Year’s Eve countdown event in downtown Bangkok amid a heavy police presence to prevent an untoward incident.

Bangalore, Dec 30 (PTI) Popular Kannada actor
Vishnuvardhan died of cardiac arrest in south Indian city of
Mysore in the wee hours Wednesday. He was 59.

Senior BJP MP from Jharkhand Yashwant Sinha, party's
national vice president Karuna Shukla, Chief Ministers of
BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand besides Bihar Deputy

Natasha Chaku
Melbourne, Dec 30 (PTI) The number of Indian students in
Australia could plunge by a whopping 21 per cent in the coming

By Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- The prime minister said Thursday he is hopeful that
the government will draw public support for a revision to a plan to move some key