S. Korea bans Japanese lawmakers from visiting island near Dokdo
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SK Broadband ordered to compensate 400 mln won for information leak
SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday ordered SK Broadband Co., a high-speed Internet service provider, to pay a combined 400 million won (US$379,686) in compensation to its customers
Volunteers out in force to help with flood cleanup in S. Korea
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By Kim Eun-jung
Lawmakers denounce prosecution's refusal to cooperate in savings bank scandal inquiry
SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Ruling and opposition lawmakers rapped the prosecution on Friday for refusing to cooperate in their parliamentary probe into an influence-peddling scandal involving a cor
KB Financial swings to black in Q2
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N. Korea says preparations completed for Arirang Festival
SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday that it has completed preparations for a massive gymnastics extravaganza, despite recent downpours of rain that caused severe damage in the impove
N. Korea says it will take steps to dispose of S. Korean assets
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Hyundai Engineering net drops 17 pct in Q2
SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea's top builder, said Friday that its net profit dropped 17 percent in the second quarter due mainly to construction
PM calls for overhaul of disaster management system
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Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance net up 60 pct in Q2
SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., South Korea's top non-life insurer, said Friday that its net profit jumped 60 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier o
