By Lee Chi-dong WASHINGTON, July 13 (Yonhap) -- With North Korea seen as opening its door wider to western media, the United States government maintained a cautious view Wednesday on the reclusive

(ATTN: UPDATES with latest figures in para 2,4) YEONCHEON, South Korea, July 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is supposed to have discharged water from a dam near the border with the South on Wednesday w

YEONCHEON, South Korea, July 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is supposed to have discharged water from a dam near the border with the South on Wednesday without advance notification, the state water age

(ATTN: CORRECTS spelling of defense minister's name in para 3, ADDS photo) SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak awarded South Korea's highest order of national security merit to the o

(3rd LD) SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea failed to make progress in their second meeting on the fate of seized South Korean assets at a scenic mountain resort in the isolated North

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SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial watchdog said Wednesday the ongoing financial crises in European countries are likely to have a limited impact on the local financial market due t

(LEAD) SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak met with Spain's top diplomat on Wednesday and discussed economic cooperation and bilateral relations between the two countries, the presid

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Prices of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips fell to a three-year low in the first half of this month due to a slowdown in global economic growth that hurt demand,

(LEAD)SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Workers at Samsung Everland Inc., the amusement park arm of South Korea's largest conglomerate, Samsung Group, applied Wednesday to establish the first Samsung trad