A senior North Korean ruling party official called for the people's active and aggressive participation in implementing past inter-Korean summit agreements, the North's media reported.

In a quite unusual manner, North Korea and China held a strategic dialogue between their ruling parties recently in Pyongyang in an apparent bid to consolidate their traditionally cooperative and f

Exports exceeded household spending in South Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) for the first time in the first quarter of this year, data showed Thursday, underlining the nation's increased depe

A joint inspection team of South Korean and U.S. officials found tiny amounts of dioxin in stream waters near a U.S.

South Korea said Thursday it will not invite North Korea to an international conference of top prosecutors later this month.

South Korea aims to nearly double its crude oil and natural gas self-sufficiency level by 2012 to support economic growth and enhance the country's energy security requirements, the government said

Lotte Department Store, a unit of South Korea's No. 2 retailer Lotte Shopping Co., said Thursday that it has launched a store in Tianjin, China.

South Korean stocks started lower on Thursday as investor sentiment was hurt by overnight falls in U.S. markets sparked by Greece's debt woes, analysts said.

POSCO, South Korea's leading steelmaker, said Thursday that it has signed a deal with a Chinese steelmaker to set up a joint venture in the Chinese province of Jilin that processes steel.

Sales growth at the nation's major discount outlets and department stores cooled in May from the previous month mainly due to weaker demand for groceries and sports products, a government report sh