Ruling party to elect new chairperson at Monday's convention
(ATTN: UPDATES with electoral college ballots in the 2nd para from the bottom)
Lee rehearses crucial IOC presentation for PyeongChang's Olympic bid
ATTN: UPDATES with Lee holding rehearsal, strategy meeting in paras 1-11, CHANGES photo)
By Chang Jae-soon
Cambodia agrees to cooperate in S. Korea's savings bank probe
SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea and Cambodia have agreed to closely cooperate in the investigation into suspicions that a scandal-ridden South Korean lender concealed hundreds of billions of won in se
Inter-Korean trade shrinks 14 pct since sanctions on North
SEOUL (Yonhap) - Trade between South and North Korea shrank more than 14 percent in a year following economic sanctions imposed on the North in retaliation for its sinking of a South Korean warship
Four missing, one rescued in river after group suicide attempt
GAPYEONG (Yonhap) - Police said Sunday that they have rescued one person from a group of five who jumped together into the Bukhan (North Han) River, east of Seoul, in an apparent group suicide atte
Watchdog mulls stricter steps to curb currency margin trading
SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's financial watchdog plans to draw up measures to mend the practice of handling currency margin trading in a bid to prevent retail investors from inflicting heavy losse
4 out of 10 fearful of walking outside at night
SEOUL (Yonhap)- More than four out of every 10 South Koreans are afraid of walking outside late at night, a police poll showed Sunday, indicating a relatively high level of public anxiety over secu
Overseas sales of Galaxy S2 top 3 mln
SEOUL (Yonhap) - Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest maker of mobile phones, said Sunday its overseas sales of the Galaxy S2 smartphone topped the 3 million mark 55 days after its l
S. Korea to submit claim on East China Sea shelf to U.N. this year
SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea has decided to submit a claim to an extended portion of the continental shelf in the East China Sea to a United Nations commission within this year, the government said
China's service activity cools in June
HONG KONG (Yonhap) - China's service activity slowed down for the second consecutive month in June as the country continued its tightening monetary policies, an industry group said Sunday.
