(LEAD) Seoul shares open lower on profit hunting amid renewed tensions in Middle East | Yonhap News Agency

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(ATTN: UPDATES with latest figures, more info in paras 2, 7-11)SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started lower Friday on profit hunting following a recent rally and renewed military tensions in the Middle East after the United States and Iran exchanged fire.Opening 1.82 percent lower, the