ULJU, South Korea, June 29 (Yonhap) -- Guinness World Records Ltd. has recognized a piece of traditional Korean pottery, also known as "onggi" in Korean, as the world's biggest.

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SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's export growth is likely to slow sharply in the second half of this year due mainly to unfavorable market conditions in electronics parts and rising competit

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- Growth in South Korean manufacturers' capital spending will slow down in the second half of the year from six months earlier due to unstable economic conditions, a poll s

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumption of fuel and other petroleum products dropped 7.6 percent in May from a year earlier due to high global oil prices, the government said Wednesday

The government will selectively allow South Korean business professionals to visit North Korea for checks on their past investments there, an official said Wednesday, amid a prolonged suspension of

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest maker of mobile phones, released the Galaxy S2 smartphone in Brazil on Tuesday, aiming to outperform rivals in the world's fifth-largest mobile p

North Korea threatened Wednesday to launch "a retaliatory sacred war" against South Korea for slandering the North, as the two sides prepared to hold rare talks on their troubled joint tour project

South Korea will step up intra-government cooperation to provide coordinated policy measures in its ongoing anti-inflation efforts, the nation's top economic policymaker said Wednesday.

A former national football team forward became the latest to turn himself in to top football authorities for ties to match fixing schemes, the nation's first-division league announced Wednesday.