SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co.
said Tuesday its second-quarter earnings tumbled 47 percent from a year earlier

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By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Kumho Asiana Group said Tuesday its chairman will

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Wednesday
as investors pocketed profits from the market's recent sharp gains, analysts
said.

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By Kim Soo-yeon

(URGENT) Kumho Asiana-resign
(URGENT) Kumho Asiana says its chairman offers to resign
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SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- A slim girl with a baby face whose smile gave her dimples and crinkled the corners of her eyes -- this is how defector Kim Yong-sun remembers her old friend, who fell in

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- The United States will focus on working to ratify the pending free trade accord with South Korea later this year, Seoul's top trade official said Tuesday, labeling the U.

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SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea's No. 2 steelmaker,

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By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.13 percent higher Tuesday

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