SEOUL (Yonhap) - President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday sent a text message to encourage injured football player Lee Chung-yong, Cheong Wa Dae said.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's consumer prices rose at the third-fastest pace among major global economies in the first half as rising oil and food costs drove up overall inflation, data showed Thu

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's inflation remains high despite steady improvements in the country's employment and overall economic conditions, the finance ministry said Thursday.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean stocks started higher on Thursday but soon shifted to negative territory as overnight Wall Street rallies were not strong enough to boost investors' sentiment here, an

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Korea JoongAng Daily)

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(Yonhap) - The plan for financial regulatory reform reported by a governmental task force Tuesday is too poor to deserve its title.

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SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean lenders saw their earnings grow more than four-fold in the second quarter from a year earlier, due mainly to decreased loan-loss reserves and one-off gains from the sa