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   SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea repatriated the body of a South Korean civilian found dead in North Korean waters, Seoul's Red Cross said Friday.

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- A renowned South Korean designer of traditional hanbok costumes plans to hold a fashion show on the country's easternmost islets of Dokdo next month on the occasion of th

   HONG KONG, July 15 (Yonhap) -- China said Friday that it will maintain its export quota of rare earth elements at nearly the same level as last year, in a move to try to pacify its trading partn

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.4 percent higher late Friday morning, helped by gains in technology companies and retailers, analysts said.

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- Antitrust authorities of South Korea and the European Union agreed Friday to ensure equal treatment of foreign companies in dealing with international cartel cases, Seoul

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has agreed to repatriate the body of a South Korean civilian found dead in North Korean waters, Seoul's Red Cross said Friday.

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- Domestic gold prices have rallied to all-time highs on the back of recent surges in international prices of the precious metal and the weak U.S.

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The minimum wage for workers at the inter-Korean industrial park in the North Korean border town of Kaesong is likely to rise 5 percent this year, the same annual rate of

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's science institutes appear likely to embrace an independent profit system, a Pyongyang economic quarterly indicated Friday, in an apparent sign of persistent

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Friday is expected to nominate one of his senior secretaries and the head of a local prosecutor's office as the new justice minister and the ch