SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade surplus widened sharply in March from a year earlier as exports inched up while imports dwindled, the government said Monday.

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea aims to create more than 2 million new jobs to boost the country's employment rate to 70 percent by 2017, the labor ministry said Friday.

SEOUL, March 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, Japan and China made small but significant progress in their first round of talks aimed at signing a three-way free trade agreement (FTA), laying down a set

Seoul to seek family reunion talks with Pyongyang this year SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will this year seek talks with North Korea on reunions of separated families to allay tensions on

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- In a landmark ruling, the Constitutional Court on Thursday declared a series of emergency decrees based on the Yushin Constitution, which was declared by the military re

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- Artists from South Korea, Japan and China have collaborated on a rare theater play project revolving around the tragic earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan's northeaste

Samsung Electronics unveils Galaxy S4 SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co.

Park vows to improve agriculture distribution system SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye vowed Wednesday to improve the agriculture distribution system in a way that will lead to hi

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul Metropolitan Government is pushing to compensate foreign tourists who are overcharged by local service providers as part of efforts to minimize their losses an

SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy is likely to grow 2.9 percent this year as Asia fourth-largest economy loses momentum on weak exports and slowing domestic demand, a private researc