HWASEONG, South Korea, June 13 (Yonhap) -- An international boat show has successfully wrapped up its five-day run after luring more than 350 local and foreign makers of boats and producing a recor

SEOUL, June 13 (Yonhap) -- The United States recently intercepted a North Korean ship suspected of carrying military-related contraband, causing the vessel to eventually sail back home, a U.S.

SEOUL, June 13 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak met with religious leaders Monday, a week after South Korea's largest Buddhist sect announced that it was normalizing relations with the governmen

SEOUL, June 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks' short-term foreign borrowing rose in May, but overall foreign currency liquidity conditions remained stable despite the eurozone sovereign crisis, the

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By Kim Eun-jung

SUNCHEON, South Korea, June 13 (Yonhap) -- A former agriculture minister under a probe on suspicions of bribery and his involvement in an unfolding savings bank scandal was found dead in an apparen

By Kim Young-gyo

SEOUL, June 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea needs to boost market competition further in order to fight high inflation, the biggest headache for the economy, the top economic policymaker said Monday.

SEOUL, June 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.26 percent higher late Monday morning, fueled by firm gains in shipbuilders and automakers, analysts said.

SEOUL, June 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin warned Monday that the likelihood of a "surprise provocation" by North Korea against the South is on the rise, after Pyongyang