SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's best hope for a medal at the upcoming athletics world championships is struggling to find his form, a senior official said Tuesday.

SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares traded 0.98 percent higher late Tuesday morning as institutional investors snapped up builders and oil refiners on Greek optimism, analysts said.

SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- Hankook Tire Co., South Korea's top tiremaker, said Tuesday that the racing team it sponsors has won the prestigious Nurburgring 24-hour endurance event, proving the high

SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak instructed the Cabinet on Tuesday to make sure that the government's college restructuring drive does not hurt the interests of existing students,

TOKYO, June 28 (Yonhap) -- The number of Korean residents in Japan fell slightly last year as foreign residents left the neighboring country amid its economic downturn, data showed Tuesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's heir apparent son, Kim Jong-un, has undergone plastic surgery six times to look more like his late grandfather and the nation's founder, the chief of a radio stati

A majority of South Korean manufacturers expect further improvements in business conditions in the third quarter of the year on strong sales at home and abroad, a poll showed Tuesday.

South Korea's business sentiment for July dipped from a month ago due to growing economic uncertainties sparked by the Greek debt crisis and rising interest rates, a poll showed Tuesday.

South Korea is feared to face a high level of inflation "for the time being," a senior economic policymaker said Tuesday, asserting that the government will continue its anti-inflation efforts to a

The central city of Suwon has thrown its support behind a potential corporate owner of a new baseball team, the nation's top baseball league announced Tuesday.