SHANGHAI, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan won the men's 400-meter freestyle race at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships here Sunday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with leader Kim, heir-apparent son casting ballots, details in paras 2-3, 5) SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- North Koreans voted in local elections Sunday as state media stepped up calls

By Kim Young-gyo HONG KONG, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Married couples in South Korea have sex 2.9 to 5.5 times a month depending on the length of their marriage, according to a poll released on Sunday.

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea revised upward its target for the "cancer survival" rate among its citizens as its efforts to prevent and cure the deadly disease appear to be paying off, the

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A top North Korean diplomat handling nuclear negotiations with the outside world plans to make a rare trip to New York later this week for talks with U.S.

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The number of full-time househusbands in Seoul grew 125 percent over the past five years, reflecting rapidly changing gender roles in Korean society, official data showed

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will invest 41 trillion won (US$38.9 billion) over the next decade to strengthen the infrastructure of the nation's seaports, the transportation ministry said

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean companies' direct financing rose 19 percent in the first half of the year from a year earlier as more companies rushed to raise funds amid the central bank's

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Sex offenses among male soldiers happened once every week on average in the South Korean military between 2009 and last year, but offenders got away with light punishment