SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Woori Finance Holdings Co., South Korea's No.

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- A trilateral council comprised of the government, labor and management on Wednesday agreed to raise the country's minimum wage 6 percent to 4,580 won (US$4.3) an hour nex

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's import prices of key raw materials fell for the second straight month in June, led by a drop in the costs of agricultural products and non-ferrous metals, a

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's credit card spending in June rose 19.8 percent from a year earlier due mainly to a seasonal increase in home appliance purchases, a trade association said W

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a South Korean shipbuilder, said Wednesday that it has signed a deal to buy a stake in a local power plant equipment maker for 41.5 billion

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- Expedia Inc., a U.S.-based online tourism company, has launched a Korean Web site in a bid to establish its presence in the fast-growing South Korean travel market, indus

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SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- A team of South Korean officials and investors headed to a scenic mountain resort in the North on Wednesday to resolve a dispute over Seoul's assets seized by the North,

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The proportion of oil to South Korea's total energy consumption will further drop to nearly one-third in 2015, a state think tank said Wednesday, as the country moves to

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks began higher on Wednesday but soon shifted into negative territory, weighed down by losses in the tech sector, analysts said.