SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded marginally lower late Wednesday morning as institutional investors reduced holdings of tech blue chips, outweighing gains among ship builders, a

SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign ministry said Wednesday it will hold a conference next week to debate the nation's future policy in the United Nations in commemoration of the 20th a

By Kim Young-gyo HONG KONG, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Residential land prices in China declined 13 percent on-year in the first half of 2011 as the Chinese government tightened measures on the property ma

SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean scientists have created a genetically modified pig that has a better chance of success in animal-to-human organ transplants, a state institute said Wednesday.

SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of information technology (IT) products rose 1.7 percent on-year in June on growing global demand for smartphones, the government said Wednesday.

SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Container cargo handled at South Korea's seaports rose 8 percent in June from a year earlier as the country's trade grew and an increasing number of companies used the cou

(ATTN: RECASTS lead; UPDATES share price in 3rd para; ADDS more details in 10th para) SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's leading shipbuilder, said Wednesday it will

By Lee Minji SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator said Wednesday it is considering curbing credit card firms' excessive growth competition by setting ceilings on loan increas

SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- The number of swindled online shoppers jumped more than 50 percent last year from two years earlier in South Korea, one of the world's most densely wired countries, police

SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- About 46 percent of South Korean consumers have experienced purchasing goods after they were indirectly advertised in films or on TV programs, a survey said Wednesday.