SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares surged 1.7 percent on Friday as investors picked up blue-chip exporters amid easing worries over global economic uncertainties, analysts said.

SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- Lawmakers from rival parties and senior government officials tried to work together Friday to find a compromise over the long-pending free trade bill with the United Stat

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SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- Six out of 10 young South Koreans are not aware when the Korean War started, a government poll showed on Friday, raising concern about the fading public memory of the 195

SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- The race to become the next leader of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) began Friday with seven candidates set to announce their policy platforms on how to steer the

SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea's top carrier, said Friday that it will launch flights between Incheon airport, west of Seoul, and the Russian city of Irkutsk starting

SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- Four local football players, including three from the military athletic corps team, are under investigation for their alleged role in match fixing, prosecutors said Frida

SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak saluted hundreds of Korean War veterans from home and abroad Friday for helping to save South Korea from the North's invasion and vowed to bring h

SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- French luxury goods giant Louis Vuitton, HSBC Bank and several other European companies in South Korea plan to offer a rare internship program to dozens of North Korean d

HONG KONG, June 24 (Yonhap) -- China's rare-earth exports fell 8.8 percent in the first five months of this year, a customs report said Friday, pointing to Beijing's control over trade in the strat