Late painter's painting fetches 1.7 bln won at auction

SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- A painting of a late South Korean painter fetched 1.7 billion won (US$1.4 million) at an auction in Seoul, an auction official said Wednesday. The price of Chun Kyung-ja's 1962 painting "Garden" was higher than the 1.15 b