(May 19, 2011) *** INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS N. Korean Wrestlers Could Visit S.

(May 19, 2011) *** NEWS IN BRIEF N.

(May 19, 2011) *** TOPIC OF THE WEEK S.

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has amended a conscription law to allow retired female officers to serve in the Reserve Forces, in line with a move to give women more opportunities in the mil

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- STX Heavy Industries Co., a unit of South Korea's STX Group, said Thursday that it has signed a deal valued at around 3 trillion won (US$2.76 billion) to build power plant

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's 2018 Winter Olympics bidder PyeongChang held a presentation for the members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), highlighting its ad

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- NHN Corp., the operator of South Korea's most-visited Web search engine, said Thursday that its first-quarter earnings rose 13.4 percent from a year ago, helped by increas

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks began higher on Thursday but shifted to negative territory due to losses in financial shares, analysts said.

FOREX-open Dollar opens at 1,087.0 won DN from 1,087.9 won
KOSPI-open KOSPI 2,141.29 UP 5.51 points (open)
KOSDAQ-open KOSDAQ 501.21 UP 2.27 points (open)

Notch up the cybersecurity The recent hacking incident at Hyundai Capital turned out to have originated from human error: the financial company's lax sense of security in cyberspace.