SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean girl group Girls' Generation topped a weekly Japanese music chart with their first Japanese album, the music statistics company Oricon said Tuesday.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea said Tuesday that it has selected 11 maritime research and development (R&D) projects mostly intended to strengthen the nation's infrastructure for future scientifi

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean stocks got off to a weak start on Tuesday, mirroring overnight falls on the U.S. market, analysts said.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's financial regulator said Tuesday it has stepped up scrutiny of foreign funds' cross-border moves in order to shield against debt-ridden Greece's potential insolvency.

LOS ANGELES (Yonhap) - A South Korean lawmaker and businessman, internationally known for his role in the football governing body FIFA, said Monday that he has set his sights on next year's preside

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's bond issuance rose 8 percent in May from a month earlier due mainly to increased debt sales by the central bank and policy lenders, the bourse operator said Tuesday.<

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By Lee Chi-dong

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Yonhap) -- The United States on Monday welcomed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's announcement that he wants another term.

NEW YORK, June 6 (Yonhap) -- As he declared a bid for another term as secretary general of the United Nations on Monday, Ban Ki-moon vowed continued efforts toward the reform of the global body and

GENEVA, June 6 (Yonhap) -- Five former and current South Korean military judge advocates filed a petition with the U.N.