SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Profitability of South Korea's companies fell sharply during the second quarter of this year from a year earlier due to higher raw material prices and less demand from ab

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- North Koreans voted in local elections Sunday as state media stepped up calls for loyalty to the ruling Workers' Party and leader Kim Jong-il as the totalitarian leader h

(Yonhap Interview)

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial watchdogs recently formed a task force with local banks to intensify their monitoring of foreign capital liquidity situations in the financial sec

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Last week's nuclear talks between South and North Korea are not enough to break the deadlock in relations between the two sides and Pyongyang must "state its position" on

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea conducted a rocket engine test for a long-range missile at a newly built missile launch site in the country's northwest last year ahead of the November shelli

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Sunday.

By Kim Eun-jung

(ATTN: ADDS ARF statement on North Korea in paras 13-15)
By Kim Deok-hyun

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's official media on Saturday reported the attendance of the country's delegates at the ASEAN Regional Forum under way in Bali, Indonesia, but didn't mention t