SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean stocks got off to a weak start on Thursday, after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said weak economic growth in the United States may persist, analysts said.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - STX OSV Holdings Ltd., a European unit of South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate STX Group, has won a 240 billion won (US$223 million) deal to build two platform supply vessels, th

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's financial watchdog plans to curb excessive growth of household debt by tightening banks' loan-to-deposit ratios and requiring non-bank institutions to raise loan-loss

(Yonhap) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was re-elected yesterday to serve a second five-year term in a unanimous decision at the UN General Assembly in New York.

(Yonhap) - Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon attended a regular session of the metropolitan city council for the first time in six months Tuesday.

(Yonhap) - The government???s renewed plan to privatize Woori Finance Holdings appears to have collapsed in the face of lawmakers??? opposition to the possible emergence of a mega bank.

NEW YORK (Yonhap) - North Korea's unilateral revelation of a secret meeting with South Korea intended to arrange another inter-Korean summit reflects Pyongyang's diplomatic predicament as it seeks

By Lee Chi-dong

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean companies' direct financing declined 16 percent in May from the previous month due to a fall in share sales, the country's financial watchdog said Thursday.

By Lee Chi-dong