SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency fell 1.83 percent against the U.S.

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea ranked 10th in terms of average labor costs in 2008, a report showed Thursday, indicating that labor market conditions here are less flexible than those of oth

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares closed 2.37 percent lower Thursday, pummeled by relentless institutional and foreign selling, analysts said.

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean naval unit has rescued a foreign vessel from being hijacked for the fourth time since it began operating in pirate-plagued Somali waters last month, officia

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Five major South Korean music firms said Thursday, they will join forces under the title "Korea Music Power" to overcome the dwindling consumption of local pop music and t

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Former President Roh Moo-hyun's elder brother was sentenced to a four-year jail term on Thursday for receiving billions of won in return for peddling influence in the buyo

KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-1
SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Thursday's closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

(ATTN: MODIFIES lead, UPDATES with party newspaper's criticism of U.S. hostile
policy, South Korean worker detained in North)
By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Most South Koreans think Canadian beef is unsafe to
eat, a poll conducted by a state-run think tank said Thursday.

SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has helped Norway launch a digital
multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service this week in an effort to get a foothold in