SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean relief groups should find their own ways to give food aid to North Korea if the political climate is not favorable to such humanitarian work, a German aid wo

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans' acquisition of overseas real estate jumped in April from a year earlier, surpassing the US$100 million mark for the second month in a row, government data

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks' exposure to cash-strapped Greece is not so large, Seoul's financial regulator said Sunday, raising expectations that a default by the struggling Europ

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The number of business bankruptcies in South Korea edged down in May from a month earlier due largely to a decline in the number of builders' failures, the central bank s

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The number of government officials punished for bribery has jumped more than five-fold over the last five years due to a tighter crackdown on bureaucratic corruption, the

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean imports of U.S.

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man based in Suriname has been indicted on charges of smuggling cocaine from South America into Europe using Korean people as carriers, prosecutors here sa

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's public debt jumped by more than 50 trillion won (US$46 billion) in the first quarter of this year as governments and public corporations increased borrowing

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean mortgage rates have soared to a near 30-month high due to the central bank's rate hike, sources said Sunday, raising concern that an increase in household in

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