SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news of North Korea this week.
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(LEAD) N. Korea fired 4 cruise missiles Wednesday: defense minister
SEOUL-- Sou...North Korea
16:00 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower to end their three-day winning streak Friday as market sentiment was down on concerns about rate increases, following the latest rake hi...Stocks
15:58 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- Friday's closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.
NAVER 202,500 DN 1,500
NCsoft 378,000 DN ...Stocks
15:44 Mar. 24
(ATTN: UPDATES story with disclosure on plans for proposed Arizona plant)
By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) said Friday it will push ahead with its plan...Economy
15:37 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Friday it will submit a request next week to open a parliamentary investigation into a recent summit between President Yoo...Politics
15:33 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Advanced Materials Inc., a unit under South Korea's energy-to-defense Hanwha Group, will spend US$147 million to build a facility in the U.S. state of Georgia to ...Economy
15:32 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean chemical firm SK Geocentric Co. said Friday it is spending an additional 400 billion won (US$310 million) to build a second factory for advanced packaging m...Economy
15:10 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Friday it has conducted the first training on the deployment of a "remote" launcher of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ...Defense
15:02 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- Woori Financial Group Inc., a major South Korean financial holdings firm, on Friday appointed a former regulator chief as its new chairman and chief executive officer.
...Economy
14:53 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. said Friday it has set up a branch in Thailand to gain a share in the local market dominated by Japanese carmakers.
Hyundai has recent...Economy
14:44 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry Friday called on North Korea to repay its 2007 loan of industrial raw materials, worth US$80 million, from Seoul, saying it is coming ...North Korea
14:41 Mar. 24
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By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean prosecutors said Friday they will seek the extradition of Do Kwon, the wanted co-founder of Terraf...National
14:35 Mar. 24