By Hwang Doo-hyong WASHINGTON, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The United States said Monday it is studying a U.N.

Go after tax wasters At his first press conference since his inauguration as head of the Board of Audit and Inspection in February, Yang Kun yesterday announced his plans for effective oversight on

Trap of regionalism Parochial interests must not deter national projects The government decided Monday to use the existing science town in Daedeok as the matrix of an international science-business

By Hwang Doo-hyong WASHINGTON, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea should serve as a role model for Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern countries that the United States currently lends helping hands to

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's credit card spending expanded 16.3 percent in April from a year earlier due mainly to a rise in consumer prices and increased consumer spending, a trade asso

By Hwang Doo-hyong WASHINGTON, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The Obama administration Monday urged Congress to renew funding for the retraining of displaced workers ahead of congressional deliberation of the

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Japan apologized to South Korea on Monday for radioactive contamination in the air and seawater caused by radioactive leakage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant,

By Kim Young-gyo

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that family-controlled conglomerates in the country should make efforts for balanced growth with smaller firms.

By Kim Young-gyo