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Korea Hot Stocks-Ssangyong Motor, Dacom up

SEOUL, March 26 (Reuters) - Stocks on the move on Wednesday include:

** SSANGYONG MOTOR RISES ON UPBEAT FORECAST **

Sports utility vehicle maker Ssangyong Motor Co rose 4.54 percent to 4,840 won after it revealed upbeat sales and operating profit outlook for this year.

It said in a notice to the stock exchange it saw this year's sales at a record 3.6 trillion won ($2.88 billion), up from 3.4 trillion won in 2002. Ssangyong saw 2003 operating profit at 330 billion won versus around 300 billion won last year.

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**DACOM UP ON HOPES OF HANARO SYNERGY **

Shares of Dacom Corp, South Korea's second-biggest fixed-line carrier, were up 10.05 percent at 11,500 won as investors expected greater co-operation with Hanaro Telecom Inc if a new chairman is elected at the Internet service provider.

Hanaro, 13-percent owned by LG Group [LUGG.UL], which also owns Dacom, is set to vote on whether to retain its chairman.

"If the new chairman is pro-LG Group, then this could help Dacom," said Park Se-yong, an analyst at Shinyoung Securities.

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($1=1249.0 won)