Seoul, Nov. 24: South Korea on Monday expressed "serious regret" over North Korea''s decision to restrict inter-Korean economic cooperation programs.

North Korea announced early in the day that it will suspend tourist program to its border city of Kaesong, shut border-crossings for economic cooperation and trade, halt the inter-Korean rail service and decrease South Korean manpower at the joint industrial complex at Kaesong from December 1.

Seoul - Shares tumbled 3.4 per cent Monday on

Seoul - Shares jump

Seoul - Private groups in South Korea on Thursday sent balloons carrying tens of thousands of anti-North Korean leaflets over the border with their communist neighbour, flouting the wishes of the South Korean government.

About 100,000 flyers were dispatched Thursday from a mountain near Seoul, the organizers said. Among the messages on the leaflets was a call for North Koreans to overthrow their Stalinist regime.

Similar flyers have sparked tensions this fall in inter-Korean relations as Pyongyang has accused the government in Seoul of being responsible for the leaflets and warned it repeatedly of serious consequences.

Seoul - Shares crashed Thursday on the Seoul sto