SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's efforts to break the deadlock in relations with North Korea are unlikely to see progress any time soon as Pyongyang is believed to have purged dozens of sen

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan on Tuesday gave a pep talk to a 15-year-old leukemia patient who dreams of becoming a diplomat, encouraging her to fully recover from the c

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- Shares of South Korea's three mobile carriers were not affected much on Tuesday by the news that a consortium of small and medium enterprises is seeking to enter the alre

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SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak will preside over an emergency meeting of economic ministers Wednesday to discuss ways to bring rising consumer prices under control, his spokesma

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SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank needs to closely monitor Europe's fiscal crisis and the health of the U.S. economy in managing its monetary policy, experts said Tuesday.

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SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Tuesday that backing from China's president was crucial in helping the South Korean alpine city of PyeongChang win the right to host the 2018

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