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SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea asked Japan's police investigators to thoroughly and swiftly investigate the alleged murder of two South Korean women in Japan, a foreign ministry official said Sunday.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - North Korea's botched currency reform has dealt a severe blow to the impoverished country and increased its economic uncertainty, a South Korean official said Sunday.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - Unionized workers at SC First Bank on Sunday said they will stage an indefinite general strike to protest management's efforts to introduce a performance-based pay system.

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SEOUL (Yonhap) - President Lee Myung-bak will leave this week for a nine-day trip to Africa for high-profile diplomacy to boost South Korea's chances of winning the right to host the 2018 Winter Ol

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea seeks to expand the use of its first geostationary communication and weather satellite so it can provide detailed information on environmental conditions throughout Nor

SEOUL (Yonhap) - Growth disparity between industries and companies may widen in the second half of this year as exporters and large conglomerates are expected to outpace domestic market-centered bu

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean police said Sunday its officials plan to meet with their Chinese counterparts this week in Beijing to discuss ways to boost cooperation in combating phone fraud scams