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By Kim Young-gyo HONG KONG, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday China needs to reform its financial system in order to balance its export-dependent economic grow

(ATTN: UPDATES penultimate para; ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended 0.46 percent lower on Thursday, as foreign investors continued to sell amid persist

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea's largest food company, said Thursday that its second-quarter earnings plunged 73.4 percent from a year earlier due to higher grain pric

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top trade official said Thursday that he hopes to see a lot of progress in moves toward the ratification of the long-pending free trade pact with the U.S.

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The global construction market will likely start to snap back from a prolonged slump during the second half of this year, a local think tank said Thursday.

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended 0.46 percent lower on Thursday, as foreign investors continued to sell amid persistent concerns related to the U.S.

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead to highlight data on overall cash flows; UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean manufacturing companies chalked up a net cash outfl

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The new head of Siemens Korea, the South Korean unit of Germany-based Siemens AG, pledged Thursday that the company will strive to maintain double-digit growth in its mai

By Kim Young-gyo HONG KONG, July 21 (Yonhap) -- China's manufacturing activity contracted in July for the first time in a year as the country's tightening measures have taken effect, a British bank