SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will sell state bonds worth 5.2 trillion won (US$4.95 billion) in August, the finance ministry said Thursday.

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will push for a law revision aimed at allowing household drugs to be sold at non-pharmacy stores amid opposition from pharmacists who claim such a move could

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SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Harim Co., a South Korean food company, said Thursday that it has taken over a U.S. poultry company in a bid to expand its global market presence.

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea's No.

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak will not grant special pardons for local prisoners and convicted people on the National Liberation Day, which falls on Aug.

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- SK Communications Co., the operator of South Korea's third most-visited Internet portal, said Thursday that its popular Web sites were hacked, compromising the private in

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SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished 0.85 percent lower on Thursday as investor sentiment remained fragile amid stalled U.S. debt talks, analysts said.

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea needs to show its sincerity in giving up its nuclear weapons programs in a rare meeting with the United States this week, South Korea's foreign ministry said