SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is banning its people from traveling to Yemen amid growing violence between the Middle Eastern nation's army and suspected al-Qaida militants, the foreign min

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SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's prosecution on Tuesday demanded two years in prison and 33 million won (US$30,612) in fines for a former maritime police chief charged with bribery.

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SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Tuesday he believes that South Korea has come closer to unification with North Korea and the event would come unexpectedly, stressing the imp

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) will visit Japan next week to promote South Korea's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics in the alpine city of Pye

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea could test-launch a missile this year from its second and more sophisticated launch site, in an apparent move to improve its long-range missile capabilities,

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Kumho Asiana Group said Tuesday that it is in talks with its creditors to spin off and sell the express bus division of Kumho Industrial Co.

(Yonhap Editorial) SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- The financial health of local administrations has been getting worse due to stagnant local tax revenues and increasing welfare demand, according to gov

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Tuesday that farmers should break away from old-style agriculture and study ways to produce top-quality products and add value to them throug