SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's global competitiveness ranking climbed by one notch this year amid its faster-than-expected economic recovery from the world recession, an international inst
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a strong start on Wednesday, fueled by firm gains in major automakers and shipbuilders, analysts said.
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The market share of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group in Europe rose to an eight-month high last month, resurging to more than 5 percent for the first time since August 20
FOREX-open Dollar opens at 1,088.0 won DN from 1,088.5 won
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By Ben Jackson Contributing Writer SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean capital, Seoul, has not mushroomed in population from a few hundred thousand to over 10 million in a little more than h
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) will manage its future monetary policy in such a way that it should not induce households and companies to borrow excessively, the central bank's c
Feed North Korea On his visit to Seoul yesterday, Stephen Bosworth, Washington???s special envoy on North Korean policies, stressed that South Korea and America shared a strong consensus over the i
Military reform row Forty-three former Navy and Air Force heads collectively turned down an invitation to a Defense Ministry briefing Tuesday on an extensive defense reform plan.
Corporate tax cuts Pro-business, pro-worker policies can???t go together After some unlikely meandering, the governing Grand National Party seems set to push ahead with corporate tax cuts next year
(ATTN: UPDATES with more details at bottom) By Hwang Doo-hyong WASHINGTON, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The United States said Tuesday it has not yet made a decision on providing food aid to North Korea, but
