SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's tax office said Tuesday that it plans to step up monitoring of overseas bank accounts held by its companies and citizens in an effort to help prevent tax eva

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks declined 0.08 percent on Tuesday as investor sentiment remained fragile on concerns about the persistent eurozone debt crisis, analysts said.

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak named an industry and energy affairs secretary as the first vice minister of knowledge economy on Tuesday in a shake-up that also affected four oth

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Tech archrivals Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Display Co.

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SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin vowed on Tuesday to push ahead with military reforms to make the armed forces slimmer but more efficient, amid a backlash from some retired g

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The family of a Korean independence fighter has filed a lawsuit against a recent government decision to cancel its posthumous honor of him as a man of merit, court officia

By Nam Kwang-sik

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The British Embassy launched a program Tuesday to provide English language skills and work experience to North Korean defectors in a move to help them better adjust to a c

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