SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- A talk between representatives of workers and management to set the mandatory minimum wage broke down on Friday due to an unbridgeable price gap, dimming prospects of reac

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SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- The education ministry launched a college restructuring committee Friday that will be responsible for reviewing guidelines for shutting down shoddy schools and other measu

SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's five automakers, led by Hyundai Motor Co.

SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Police said Friday that they will soon be legally allowed to intervene in domestic violence and take emergency measures, like a forcible separation of a couple engaged in

SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Ground was broken on Friday on the construction of a museum for the Korean alphabet, Hangeul, in Seoul, officials said.

SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea hinted Friday that it will not allow company officials to visit North Korea this month over their seized assets at a stalled joint tour site in the North.

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SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks rose to a one-month high Friday as investors snapped up tech firms and oil refiners on upbeat economic data and Europe's easing debt woes, analysts sai

SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's leading automaker, said Friday that its sales in June rose 12.3 percent from a year earlier on strong demand for its vehicles at home and