Yonhap news advisory for Friday, Feb. 3

The following stories are scheduled to be covered by Yonhap News Agency. Your queries are welcome. Yonhap's English-language news desk can be reached by telephone at 82-2-398-3451 (general) and 82-2-398-3460 (economics), and by email at yonngong@yna.co.kr or ycm@yna.co.kr.

General

-- U.S. defense secretary holds talks with S. Korea's defense, foreign ministers

-- Saenuri Party leader delivers speech at plenary session

-- Presidential hopefuls drum up support, hit campaign trail

-- Mattis: None other than N. Korea needs to worry about THAAD

-- PyeongChang holds test Nordic combined, cross-country events ahead of Olympics

Economy & Finance

-- 4th qtr results of SK Telecom, SK Innovation etc

-- Dec. online shopping tally

-- Snowballing damage from unregistered private lenders

-- Corporate incentive tourists from China expected to decrease

-- Controversial cigarette ads around schools
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