SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's national pension fund will further increase its investment in local and foreign stock markets next year, a government ministry said Wednesday.

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- The number of infant deaths in South Korea dropped over 10 percent in 2009 from a year earlier apparently thanks to advanced medical technologies, a report showed Wednesd

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks' lending rates climbed in May from a month earlier mainly due to rises in the rates for households, the central bank said Monday.

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean doctor accused of suffocating his pregnant wife to death will call in a forensic specialist from Canada in order to medically prove his innocence, a move e

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- Apple Inc.

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 1.27 percent higher late Wednesday morning as foreign investors picked up shares of oil refiners and automakers, analysts said.

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- The outgoing U.S.

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- A parliamentary committee was set to begin an investigation Wednesday into a massive scandal involving troubled savings banks in a bipartisan effort to get to the bottom

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- All third-grade elementary school students in Seoul will receive swimming lessons starting next year as part of a new policy to strengthen education in sports and culture

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with information from S. Korean education ministry, more details; CHANGES dateline to Seoul)