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SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.77 percent higher on Tuesday as foreigners and institutions snapped up blue chips amid easing worries on a slowing global economy, analysts sa

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- Hong Jeong-ho, captain of South Korea's Olympic football squad, has been questioned by prosecutors for his possible connection with the ongoing match fixing scandal, the n

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of people evacuated a high-rise shopping mall in Seoul Tuesday morning as it began shaking for unknown reasons, fire authorities said.

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- The Marine Corps corporal who shot four of his colleagues dead this week had mental problems and had been under special care at his unit, a military officer said Tuesday.<

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SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- KB Financial Group Inc., South Korea's top financial services company, plans to work toward buying at least one savings bank in a bid to beef up its business competitivene

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- CJ GLS Inc., a logistics arm of South Korea's food and entertainment giant CJ Group, said Tuesday that it has begun door-to-door delivery service in Vietnam in an effort t

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- Shinsegae Co., the operator of South Korea's second-largest department store chain, said Tuesday that it plans to more than double its sales by 2020 by expanding its sales

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Tuesday that it has decided to allow the nation's two leading online market operators to go ahead with their business consolidation,