Regulator urges banks to lift home loan suspensions
SEOUL, Aug.
South Korea's ruling party drafts new human rights bill on N. Korea
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling party has drafted a new North Korean human rights bill calling for aid to its impoverished communist neighbor, a lawmaker said Friday.
Stock market rout pushes failed investors to suicide
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- A string of unsuccessful stock investors are turning to suicide as the local stock market has turned bearish in recent weeks amid the lingering global debt crisis.
Seoul shares open sharply lower on U.S. losses
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened sharply lower on Friday as overnight panic selling on Wall Street froze investor sentiment here, analysts said.
Gov't committed to cutting income, corporate taxes: official
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The government remains committed to lowering income and corporate taxes despite concerns that such a move may hurt fiscal health, a senior policymaker said Friday.
For homeless men, ballet becomes a dance to embrace life
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Elegant piano tunes echo through a ballet studio in Gwacheon, a southern Seoul suburb, on a Sunday afternoon.
Shareholders file damages suit against KEPCO chief
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- A group of shareholders of South Korea's state-run Korea Electric Power Corp.
