SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Lee Kun-hee, South Korea's top tycoon who runs the Samsung Group, said Thursday he is worried that corruption and irregularities are widespread within the conglomerate, ju

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SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik met with his visiting Latvian counterpart Valdis Dombrovskis on Thursday for talks on enhancing cooperation in the fields of ship

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea threatened Thursday to disclose voice recordings of a secret meeting it had with South Korea last month, during which Seoul allegedly proposed holding a series

HWASEONG, South Korea, June 9 (Yonhap) -- A global conference on Asia's marine leisure industry took place on Thursday on the sidelines of an international boat show underway here, attracting aroun

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By Kim Eun-jung

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N. Korea threatens to disclose recording of secret talks with S. Korea

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Hankook Tire Co., South Korea's largest tire maker, said Thursday it began construction of a new plant in Indonesia to increase its presence in the Southeast Asian country

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