YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea articles from March 2006

YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea archives from March 2006

Today in Korean History: March 2.
March 1, 2006... 1906 -- Hirobumi Ito assumes duties as Japan's first governor-general of Korea. 1960 -- A large fire breaks out at rubber factory in Busan, killing 62. 1994 -- Government reinstates 1,135 teachers fired for taking part in union...

3rd LD) S. Korea's railway union goes on strike.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's railway union went on strike Wednesday despite threats of prosecution after negotiations derailed over working conditions and the reinstatement of dismissed employees. With thousands of members...

S. Koreans spend five hours a day in cyberspace, poll says.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans spent an average of five hours a day online in 2005, more than double the amount of time three years earlier, indicating that the Internet has emerged as an important part of their daily lives, a...

(2nd LD) S. Korean exports jump 17.4 pct in February.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports rose more than 17 percent in February from a year ago, but its trade surplus tumbled as the result of a surge in imports, a government report said Wednesday. Customs-cleared exports rose...

(LEAD) Roh urges Japan to respect conscience of humanity.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun urged Japan Wednesday to respect globally accepted principles of conscientious behavior if it wants to become a leading country in the world. In a speech marking the 87th...

S. Korea-Singapore FTA to take effect Thursday.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- A free trade pact between South Korea and Singapore will go into effect Thursday, promising to boost bilateral trade and allowing a broader outlet for products made at the Kaesong industrial park in North Korea, the...

Seoul to remove red tape on overseas property purchases by 2007.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to remove all restrictions on the purchases of overseas property by next year in a bid to help stabilize the currency market, the country's Finance Ministry said Wednesday. South Koreans are...

S. Korean manufacturing confidence hits four-year high for Q2.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean manufacturing confidence for the second quarter hit a four-year high amid a turnaround in domestic demand and industrial production, a poll showed Wednesday. According to the poll by the Korea Chamber of...

New energy committee to help build high-grade nuke waste site.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will launch a national energy committee in September that will work to help build public consensus for the establishment of a high-grade nuclear waste site, the government said Wednesday. The 25-member...

China closing tech gap with S. Korea in mobile phones, electronics.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- China is making noticeable advances to close the technological gap with South Korea in mobile telecommunications and electronics, a government report said Wednesday. South Korean companies enjoy a lead of less than...

Imported rice to be sold directly to consumers in late March.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean consumers will be able to buy imported rice from starting in late March, the country's deputy agriculture minister said Wednesday. A total of 22,557 tons of rice from China, the United States, Thailand...

S. Korea returns 18th-century war memorial to North Korea.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea returned an 18th-century war monument looted by Japan a century ago to North Korea on Wednesday, the 87th anniversary of the nation's independence movement from the colonial Japan. South Korea had kept...

Korean movie 'Mimong' portrays a woman's desire in 1930s.
March 1, 2006... By Kim Hyun SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- In Korea, when sound movies first appeared in the 1930s during the colonial occupation by Japan, what did Korean moviemakers try to put on the screen? For one 25-year-old director's debut movie, it...

S. Korea, China to hold meeting on reciprocal stock listing.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and China will hold a meeting aimed at accelerating their efforts to allow companies to be listed on both nations' stock markets, South Korea's top financial watchdog said Wednesday. The Financial...

S. Korea's 2005 steel imports exceed exports for fourth year.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea saw its steel imports surpass exports in 2005 for the fourth consecutive year due to a surge in imports of cheap Chinese steel, a trade association said Wednesday. South Korea imported 18.87 million tons...

EDITORIAL from the JoongAng Daily on Wednesday, March 1 2006.(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... Hope is not enough Contrary to the administration's assertion that the economy is on the road to full recovery this year, warning lights are blinking. Korea's current account surplus narrowed sharply as exports, the economy's growth engine,...

EDITORIAL from the Korea Times on Wednesday, March 1 2006.(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... Non-regular workers' bill; social dialogue needed for fundamental solution It is extremely rare that Korea's governing and main opposition parties reach a consensus on anything. So the bipartisan passage of the three bills related to...

EDITORIAL from the Korea Herald on Wednesday, March 1 2006.(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... Uneasy labor front As the calendar enters March, labor unions are moving to begin their traditional spring action, this time spearheaded by unionists at the Korea Railroad and Seoul Metro who have threatened to go on strike this morning....

Top headlines in major South Korean newspapers: Wednesday, March 1 2006.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major Korean newspapers on Wednesday, March 1 2006. Vernacular dailies -- Holding tax on property to be tripled (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Railway and subway workers go on...

S. Korea's state oil firm posts slight rise in 2005 earnings.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- The Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC), South Korea's state petroleum company, said Wednesday its 2005 earnings rose slightly from a year earlier, but sales jumped more than 20 percent on increased overseas exploration....

Virginian senator endorses visa waiver for South Koreans.
March 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- US Senator George Allen (R-Virginia) sent a letter Tuesday to the State Department urging the administration to include South Korea in its visa waiver program. In the letter addressed to Secretary of State...

S. Korea needs to turn its back on China for nuclear talks: Chang.
March 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's united front with China at negotiations on North Korean nuclear issues is a stumbling block to the talks' progress, and the United States should focus on "stripping" the two apart, a China watcher...

NK debate growing in China, some critical of Pyongyang: scholar.
March 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Debate is growing within China about North Korea's nuclear development and the regime's sustainability, and not all views are sympathetic toward the ideological ally, a China scholar said Tuesday. According to...

N. Y briefing chance to explain US Treasury's actions: Ereli.
March 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Next week's meeting with North Korean officials will be an opportunity to explain why the US Treasury took actions against illicit activities traced to Pyongyang, the State Department said Tuesday. North...

US doesn't know for fact NK has nuclear weapons: Negroponte.
March 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- The US intelligence chief retreated slightly Wednesday on his North Korean nuclear assessment, saying the US doesn't "know for a fact" that the communist regime has nuclear weapons. The assessment is that...

N. Korea urges US to lift financial sanctions.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea called Tuesday for the United States to lift its financial sanctions on the communist state, claiming it is a victim of allegations of dollar counterfeiting. Last September, the US Treasury slapped...

Two Koreas fail to set date for railway test run.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea failed to agree on a date for the test run of inter-Korean railways during a two-day meeting, the South's Unification Ministry said Tuesday. In June 2003, the South and North connected two...

(5th LD) Labor body decides to mediate railway dispute.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's labor watchdog decided Tuesday to forcibly arbitrate a labor dispute between the nation's public railway company and its employees after both sides failed to reach an agreement at an eleventh-hour...

S. Korean firms to build hotel in North's Kaesong complex.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run Korea Land Corp. and Hyundai Asan, the North Korea business arm of Hyundai Group, said Tuesday they plan to build a hotel at an industrial complex in the North by June next year. The two...

Commerzbank notifies Korea Exchange Bank of stake sale.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Commerzbank of Germany has notified Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) of an intention to sell part of its stake in the lender, KEB officials said Tuesday. The German bank currently owns 14.6 percent of KEB, the...

S. Korea's health services rank 5th among OECD members.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea ranked fifth among the 24 members of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in the level of health care and medical services provided to its citizens, the government said Tuesday. ...

Yonhap News Summary: Tuesday, February 28 2006.
March 1, 2006... The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday, February 28 2006. --------------- (2nd LD) Major union enters walkout to protest non-regular worker bills SEOUL -- South Korea's thorny...

S. Korea develops world's fastest atomic force microscope.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- A team of South Korean scientists claimed Tuesday that they have developed the world's fastest atomic force microscope (AFM) technology, broadening the horizon of world-wide microscope technology. The team led...

New cardinal to leave for Rome for investiture.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- New South Korean Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, the country's second, will fly to Rome on Sunday to attend official investiture ceremonies next month, Korean Catholic officials said Tuesday. Cheong will first...

BOK policymakers agree unanimously on January rate freeze.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- All of South Korea's central bank policymakers agreed on a rate freeze last month to save ammunition for the future, the minutes of its January meeting showed Tuesday. The Bank of Korea (BOK) policymakers retained...

US hands over wartime maritime response rights to S. Korea.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- The US military has transferred partial authority to respond to North Korean special operations forces at wartime to South Korea, a US military newspaper said Tuesday. "As of mid-January, South Koreans now are in...

Unionists' interference delays Daewoo Engineering sale.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- A formal tender for South Korea's second-largest builder Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. is likely to be delayed by a month to April due to unionists' interference in the due diligence process, a state-run bad...

S. Korea to sell 5.94 tln won in Treasuries in March.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to sell 5.94 trillion won (US$6.11 billion) in Treasuries in March, slightly smaller than this month's 5.98 trillion won in sales, the country's Finance Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry plans...

(News Focus) Inter-Korean talks bring heightened hope for peace, unification.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Despite the ongoing stalemate in international negotiations over North Korea's nuclear program, South and North Korea have come to an unprecedented level of cooperation and reconciliation. The number of...

Military to provide train drivers to cushion strike impact.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of military train drivers and conductors will be dispatched to railways and subways to minimize the inconveniences of citizens stemming from a planned strike, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. Unionized...

(LEAD) S. Korea boost efforts to prevent online identity theft.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Information Ministry unveiled a set of measures Tuesday aimed at staving off online identity theft. Under the measures, the ministry will strengthen its monitoring of Internet Protocol (IP)...

(LEAD) Seoul shares end lower on technical correction.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Tuesday as the market underwent a technical correction from recent gains. The South Korean won depreciated against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index...

S. Korean Bond Yields on Tuesday, February 28 2006.
March 1, 2006... Today (%) Previous Day (%) Change (%P) 1-year TB 4.56 4.55 +0.01 3-year TB 4.90 4.87 +0.03 10-year TB 5.25 5.22 +0.03 2-year MSB 4.85 4.83 +0.02 3-year CB (AA-) 5.34 5.31 +0.03 91-Day CD 4.26 4.26 -- (THROUGH ASIA...

Scandal-ridden lawmaker under pressure to give up Assembly seat.
March 1, 2006... By Moon Hae-won SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Political parties are calling for strong punitive measures against Rep. Choi Yeon-hee, who left the main opposition Grand National Party (GNP) on Monday to hold himself responsible for a sexual...

(LEAD) President Roh's family wealth grows 13 percent in 2005: report.
March 1, 2006... By Yoo Cheong-mo SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- President Roh Moo-hyun and his direct family increased their personal assets by 12.9 percent, or 94.47 million won (about US$97,400), to 829.3 million won last year, a government report showed...

N. Korea urged to take necessary steps for resumption of nuclear talks.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign minister on Tuesday urged North Korea to take necessary measures to diffuse international concern over its alleged counterfeiting and other illicit activities. Speaking at a forum in Seoul,...

Roh to conduct Cabinet reshuffle Thursday.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- President Roh Moo-hyun is scheduled to carry out a small-scale Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, affecting four to six ministers, presidential spokesman Kim Man-soo said Tuesday. "The upcoming Cabinet shakeup is slated...

(News Focus) Feelings high toward sex crimes in S. Korea after politician's scandal.
March 1, 2006... By Kim Hyun SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Calls mounted in South Korea Tuesday for stricter punishment for sex crimes after a powerful lawmaker was found to have sexually harassed a female journalist during a party last week. Rep. Choi...

(4th LD) S. Korean industrial output rebounds in January.
March 1, 2006... SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output increased in January at a modest rate after falling the previous month as companies produced more automobiles and mobile handsets, a government report showed Tuesday. Industrial...

S. Korean inflation rate growth slows in February.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices increased at a slower-than-expected rate in February, as prices for housing and agricultural products remained stable, a government report showed Thursday. Consumer prices in...

S. Korea leads world in IP-TV patent application.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is leading the world in terms of the number of patent applications associated with Internet-based TV technology IP-TV, a government report showed Thursday. According to the Institute of Information...

Two Koreas to focus on prevention of armed conflict, joint fishing.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea were set to resume high-level military talks on Thursday after nearly a two-year hiatus, a part of brisk cross-border exchanges despite the ongoing tension over the communist country's nuclear...

S. Korean inflation rate growth slows down in February.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices increased at a slower-than-expected rate in February, as prices for housing and agricultural products remained stable, a government report showed Thursday. Consumer prices in...

Japan must face reality.
March 2, 2006... (EDITORIAL from the JoongAng Daily on March 2)In a speech commemorating the 87th anniversary of Korea's independence movement against Japanese colonial rule, President Roh Moo-hyun stressed, "If Japan aims to be a 'normal state,' and further,...

Wealth of top civil servants.
March 2, 2006... March 2 (Yonhap) -- A government report on the changes in top government officials' personal wealth, made public Tuesday, showed that more than 80 percent saw their assets increase last year. Fortunes of 150 officials rose by more than 100...

Docile watchdog.
March 2, 2006... (EDITORIAL from the Korea Herald on March 2) The somewhat tepid response by the National Election Commission to election law violations by Maritime and Fisheries Minister Oh Keo-don is to be regretted. Instead of simply issuing a perfunctory...

Top headlines in major South Korean newspapers.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major Korean newspapers on March 2. Vernacular dailies -- Regulation on foreign currency trading to be eased from today (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Half of S. Korea's...

Korean businessmen to serve jail time for DRAM price fixing.
March 2, 2006... WASHINGTON, March 1 (Yonhap) -- Four South Korean executives of Korean computer memory maker Hynix pleaded guilty Wednesday and agreed to serve jail time in the United States on charges of fixing prices. The U. S. Department of Justice...

Railway union talks break down, commuter chaos feared.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- Negotiations to end South Korea's railway strike broke down Thursday, foreboding nationwide commuter chaos in the morning when students start the first day of school. The management had warned that the talks were...

S. Korea to introduce biodiesel for private vehicles in July.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- Biodiesel for private vehicles will go on sale in South Korea from July in an effort to cut back on oil imports and reduce air pollution, the government said Thursday. The introduction of biodiesel, a fuel mixture...

U. S. urges South Korea to pass law against terrorism financing.
March 2, 2006... WASHINGTON, March 1 (Yonhap) -- The Bush administration urged South Korea on Wednesday to expedite legislation against terrorism financing and to apply an anti-money-laundering regime to all financial institutions. The State Department,...

Korean businessmen to serve jail time for DRAM price fixing.
March 2, 2006... WASHINGTON, March 1 (Yonhap) -- Four South Korean executives of Korean memory maker Hynix agreed Wednesday to serve jail time in the United States on charges of fixing computer memory prices. The U. S. Department of Justice announced each...

Korean businessmen to serve jail time for DRAM price fixing.
March 2, 2006... WASHINGTON, March 1 (Yonhap) -- Four South Korean executives of Hynix agreed Wednesday to serve jail time on charges of fixing DRAM prices. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE)

Science journals don't have inspection net for fraud: scientists.
March 2, 2006... WASHINGTON, March 1 (Yonhap) -- Most science journals do not have policies enabling them to catch frauds such as those committed by South Korea's Dr. Hwang Woo-suk, an issue that came up during last week's meeting of stem cell experts and...

S. Korean team maintain form with 1-0 victory over Angola.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 1. (Yonhap) -- South Korea's national football team beat Angola 1-0 in a friendly at World Cup Stadium in Seoul Wednesday night. The game was won by 2005 domestic K-league rookie Park Chu-young hammering home a ball past the...

S. Korean team keep shape with 1-0 victory over Angola.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 1. (Yonhap) -- South Korea's national football team beat Angola 1-0 in a friendly at World Cup Stadium in Seoul Wednesday night. Young striker Park Chu-young scored at close range in the 22nd minute, sending the sold out...

S. Korea's railway union goes on strike.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- Railway services in South Korea were disrupted Sunday after unionized workers went on strike, despite a government order to halt the walkout. Striking workers and the management of the state-run Korean Railroad...

SEOUL, March. 1 (Yonhap) -- Result of football friendly between the national teams of South Korea and Angola at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Wednesday.
March 2, 2006... South Korea 1 (Park Chu-young 22) Angola 0 (THROUGH ASIA PULSE)

S. Korea returns 18th-century war memorial to North Korea.
March 2, 2006... KAESONG, North Korea, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea returned an 18th-century war monument looted by Japan a century ago to North Korea on Wednesday, the 87th anniversary of the resurgence of the nation's independence movement against Japanese...

Stem cell expert Hwang faces summons over fabrication.
March 2, 2006... SEOUL, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean prosecutors said Wednesday that they plan to summon embattled stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk to determine the extent of his involvement in the fabrication of research data. The scientist has been...

(LEAD) S. Korean asset manager teams up with Credit Suisse.
March 3, 2006... SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- Woori Financial Holdings Co., South Korea's third-largest financial service company, said Friday it has decided to sell off part of its holdings in its asset management unit to a Swiss-based financial company. The...

Today in Korean History: March 4.
March 3, 2006... 1866 -- Bishop Simeon Francois Berneux, who arrived in Korea 15 years earlier to become its fourth bishop, is executed after being arrested by the Korean royal regime which was seeking to keep out Western influence. The persecution went on...

Filipino wives enter college in rural S. Korean town.
March 3, 2006... GOKSEONG, South Korea, March 3 (Yonhap) -- After crossing the ocean to marry Koreans, three filipino women are taking another step toward realizing their ambitions by entering a college. The three wives in Gokseong, a rural county in South...

Seoul stocks plummet as foreigners, institutions dump tech issues.
March 3, 2006... SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks extended sharp losses Friday afternoon as institutions and foreign investors dumped tech issues, fearing that first-quarter tech earnings may be lower than expected. The benchmark Korea...

(LEAD) Rice must be excluded from FTA talks with US: state researcher.
March 3, 2006... SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run economic research institute urged its government on Friday to exclude rice from free trade talks with the United States, spurring debate on one of the thorniest issues in the upcoming...

Gov't vows stern action against striking railroad workers.
March 3, 2006... SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government on Friday warned the country's striking railway workers to return to their jobs or face what it called the highest level of legal punishment. "The government will continue to maintain its...

(LEAD) S. Korea ready to make new proposal in military talks with N. Korea: official.
March 3, 2006... By Sohn Suk-joo PANMUNJOM, Korea, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was prepared to compromise with North Korea over ways to prevent armed conflict and establish a joint fishing area in their disputed waters in the Yellow Sea, a South Korean...

Doosan Heavy aims for 35.8 pct growth in net profit this year.
March 3, 2006... SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. said Friday that it targets a 35.8 percent increase in net profit to 224 billion won (US$231 million) this year, boosted by more overseas orders for building...

Stem cell expert Hwang, key assistants may face criminal punishment.
March 3, 2006... SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- Three key assistants of South Korea's disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk might be charged with obstructing the scientist's research by deceiving him with fabricated data, prosecution sources said Friday. ...

Seoul Mayor Lee to visit the US.
March 3, 2006... SEOUL, March. 3 (Yonhap) -- Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak will visit the United States for nine days in mid-March, city officials said Friday. Lee will leave for Washington D. C. on March 11 before visiting New York and Los Angeles. Lee will...

KDB issues 500 mln euros in floating-rate notes.
March 3, 2006... SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) said Friday it has issued floating-rate notes worth 500 million euros, or US$601 million, to repay overseas debt. The five-year securities carry an annual interest rate of 0.2...

British group to build international schools in western S. Korea.
March 3, 2006... INCHEON, March 3 (Yonhap) -- A British education company plans to build an international school complex in the free economic zone of South Korea's city of Incheon, according to city authorities that will sign the deal on Friday. A memorandum...

The Korea Interbank Offered Rates(KORIBOR).
March 3, 2006... SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency, at 11:00 a.m. Friday March 3, 2006. Term Today (%) Previous Day (%) 1-W...

Chinese firm Lenovo's entry to local market may spark competition.
March 3, 2006... SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- Chinese computer giant Lenovo is eyeing the South Korean market by unveiling its laptop personal computers here this year, which could prompt price competition in the local laptop PC sector, market watchers said...