Self-reflection for conglomerates
(Yonhap) - The policy on lowering college tuition has lost direction, but both the ruling and opposition parties are backtracking from the chaotic scene they created.
Income inequality
(Yonhap) - Almost one in two senior citizens lives in a poor household in Korea, the host country of the G20 summit last year. The poverty rate of 45 percent is three times the OECD average.
OECDs advice
(Yonhap) - A random glance at newspaper front pages shows that few encouraging stories are making the headlines these days.
S. Korean consumer sentiment dips in June
SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's consumer confidence declined in June from the previous month on concerns that rising inflation and growing household debt could crimp consumer spending, the central b
Obama extends national emergency against N. Korea
By Lee Chi-dong
Clinton presents S. Korea as lesson for Afghan policy
By Lee Chi-dong
S. Korea advances in Olympic football qualification
AMMAN (Yonhap) - South Korea on Thursday advanced to the third and final round of the regional Olympic football qualification, despite a 1-1 draw against Jordan here.
Clinton presents S. Korea as lesson for Afghan policy
(ATTN: UPDATES with senator's comments in last two paras)
By Lee Chi-dong
S. Korea advances in Olympic football qualification
(ATTN: ADDS S. Korean coach's comments in paras 9-12, N. Korean results, draw schedule at bottom)
S. Korea to release 3.46 mln barrels of strategic crude
South Korea will release 3.46 million barrels of its strategic petroleum reserve in a concerted effort to stabilize the world's oil market in the wake of political unrest in some North African and
