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By Kim Eun-jung

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea ruled out sending any government food aid to North Korea Monday as the European Union (EU) announced a plan to give emergency aid to the impoverished communist

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will introduce a softer rating system this week for smartphone and tablet PC games in a bid to stimulate the local mobile game market, government officials sai

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Hong Joon-pyo, a four-term lawmaker, was elected new chairperson of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) in its national convention held in Seoul on Monday.

Rep. Hong Joon-pyo elected new chairperson of the ruling Grand National Party

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The military has declared a war on smoking, unveiling an ambitious plan to lower its service members' smoking rate by 3 percentage points this year, the defense ministry s

(Yonhap Editorial) SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator on Monday announced a plan to normalize the management of ailing savings banks on a selective basis.

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SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top credit card company said Monday it reported U.S. credit card giant Visa Inc.