High-speed train comes to halt inside tunnel

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GIMCHEON, South Korea, July 17 (Yonhap) -- A high-speed train traveling from the southeastern port city of Busan stopped abruptly inside a tunnel on its way to Seoul on Sunday, the latest incident

Coffee prices jump 4.5 pct in Q2

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SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- Coffee prices in South Korea surged 4.5 percent in the second quarter from three months earlier, due mainly to soaring costs of importing coffee beans, data showed Sunday

S. Korea leads global shipbuilding market in H1

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SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea regained its status as the world's leading shipbuilding nation in the first half, taking more than half of the global market in terms of orders measured in we

Korean banking groups seek insurance biz expansion

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SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's four largest banking groups plan to step up efforts to expand their insurance units in a bid to bolster their non-bank businesses, sources said Sunday.

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