SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Army held a send-off ceremony Thursday for some 140 elite troops set to leave for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to replace its military contingent tasked wi

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- The number of aircraft owned by South Korea's private firms and individuals nearly doubled over the past decade partly due to the growth of the country's airline industry,

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's automobile exports are expected to reach a record high of over 3 million units this year due to growing demand in newly emerging markets, a government report

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- The number of registered vehicles in South Korea reached 18.26 million as of the end of June, the transportation ministry said Thursday, amid brisk sales by automakers her

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's chip and machinery industries are expected to see a boom in exports in the second half of the year, underpinned by strong overseas demand, a report said Thur

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead, para 2; ADDS share price outlook, analyst comment in para 6, 16-20; RESTRUCTURES) By Lee Youkyung SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top m

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling party is considering raising temporary workers' wages as part of efforts to help narrow wage gaps between regular and contract workers, party official

By Lee Minji SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) said Thursday that it plans to extend a "program loan" to Vietnam during the second half of the year, the first of

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- The economic impact of South Korea's hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics is expected to top 20 trillion won (US$18.7 billion) and fuel infrastructure building and the local t

HWACHEON, South Korea, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was to break ground Thursday for a new facility to accommodate a growing number of North Korean defectors seeking a new life in the South, offi