By Park Sang-soo
SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Japan has been urged to provide greater access to its

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- The number of registered vehicles in South Korea has
surpassed 17 million units this year, a government report showed Tuesday,

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial standards agency recommended

By Park Sang-soo
SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and a group of six oil-producing gulf
states, including Saudi Arabia, will hold their third round of free trade

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Dollar opens at 1,269.0 won UP from 1,268.5 won
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S. Korean president to ask G-8 for support on regional security
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will seek the

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By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks are expected to ease their grip on

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korea heaped scorn on South Korean President Lee
Myung-bak some 1,700 times until mid-June this year, a daily average of 9.9 times

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak donated the bulk of his
lifetime savings of over 33.2 billion won (US$26.2 million) Monday, fulfilling a

SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- A delegation from the global credit appraiser Fitch
Ratings will visit South Korea this week as part of an annual trip to assess the