By Kim Young-gyo

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Government permits for construction of residential houses and commercial buildings grew 5.1 percent on-year in the first half, the land ministry said Wednesday, pointing

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean creditor banks are seeking to put some 30 large, financially troubled firms under a debt workout program or kick them out of the market, industry sources sa

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SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The military athletic squad in the country's top football league could be barred from competition next season amid the widening match-fixing scandal, a military official

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- CJ O Shopping Co., a South Korean cable home shopping channel, said Wednesday that its Chinese joint venture launched its second home shopping channel in China and starte

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The construction of a museum about the Korean alphabet, Hangeul, began on Wednesday and is set for completion in the first half of 2013, the culture ministry said.

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- A total of 174 people died "solitary deaths" in Seoul last year, with no one to take care of their bodies and funerals, the city government said Wednesday.

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The Avante compact made by South Korea's leading automaker Hyundai Motor Co.

By Lee Youkyung