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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) - Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flights to Europe
are on schedule despite reported ash spewing from a volcanic eruption in

SEOUL (Yonhap) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il may be traveling with one of his wives on his secretive trip across China, according to video footage Tuesday of Kim's stop in the eastern city of N

SEOUL (Yonhap) - Cargo handling at South Korea's seaports grew nearly 8 percent in April from a year earlier, driven by improving economic conditions, government data showed Wednesday.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean stocks traded 1.01 percent lower late Wednesday morning as techs and chemicals weighed on the market, analysts said.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's household credit exceeded the 800 trillion won (US$731.7 billion) mark for the first time in the first quarter on a rise in bank home-backed lending, but the growth p

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SEOUL (Yonhap) - A lawmaker on Wednesday was sentenced to a six-month prison term, suspended for one year, by a district court here for making insulting remarks about TV anchorwomen and a false acc

SEOUL (Yonhap) - A majority of South Korean businesses believe their earnings will worsen this year due to the local currency's ascent against the U.S. dollar, a poll showed Wednesday.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - Accelerating growth of household debts poses a serious risk to South Korea's banking sector, a report said Wednesday, amid worries that massive household loans may hurt lenders' fi