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L and F 92,800 UP 1,100 Celltrion 205,000 UP 2,500 TKG Huchems 19,070 UP 120 JB Financial Group 15,550 UP 200 DAEWOONG PHARM 142,500 DN 3,700 HYUNDAIDEPTST 47,150 UP 200 KIH 75,600 UP 600 GS 46,100 UP 400 LIG Nex1 193,500 UP 4,600 Fila Holdings 42,050 UP 950 HYUNDAIGLOVIS 115,500 UP 1,400 HANAFINANCIALGR 68,800 UP 1,500 HANWHA LIFE 3,010 UP

Shinsegae 152,100 UP 700 CosmoAM and T 105,300 0 Nongshim 394,500 DN 1,500 SGBC 105,900 UP 1,200 Hyosung 46,550 UP 1,950 LOTTE 24,300 UP 50 GCH Corp 17,140 DN 30 COSMOCHEM 19,150 DN 40 POSCO Holdings 345,000 UP 5,000 DB INSURANCE 118,000 DN 1,300 SLCORP 33,600 DN 450 Yuhan 111,600 UP 5,000 SamsungElec 76,100 DN 1,600 NHIS 14,010 UP 180

KOLON IND 34,900 DN 550 HanmiPharm 304,000 DN 500 SD Biosensor 11,280 DN 230 Meritz Financial 95,300 UP 1,300 BNK Financial Group 10,210 UP 180 DGB Financial Group 8,450 UP 90 emart 63,800 UP 600 DENTIUM 82,500 DN 1,100 ?HANKOOK TIRE and TEC HNOLOGY430 50 UP650 KOLMAR KOREA 65,800 DN 4,300 PIAM 25,900 DN 900 HANJINKAL 70,700 UP 3,700 CHONGKUNDANG

A new book has been published to chronicle the three-decade journey of a North Korean defector who crossed borders and built new lives in search of a better future, its publisher said Monday. Written by Yonhap News Agency reporter Kim Jae-hong, the book, the title of which is translated as “32 Years as Defector: From Crossing Tumen River to Sydney,”

The head of an association of community doctors said Monday he has launched an indefinite hunger strike, calling for the government and lawmakers to make efforts to end a disruption of public health services. The hunger strike by Lim Hyun-taek, president of the Korea Medical Association (KMA), came as a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors has shown little signs of

South Korea and the United States began a joint live-fire aerial exercise Monday, the South Korean Air Force said, in the latest move to reinforce capabilities to counter North Korean threats. The three-day exercise got under way earlier in the day over waters off South Korea’s western coast, mobilizing some 60 military planes, including South Korea’s F-35A, F-15K and KF-16

South Korean shares on Monday closed slightly lower for the second straight day as investors sought to cash in recent gains after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at a potential rate cut next month. The local currency rose to the highest in over five months against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 3.68