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SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker, said Thursday that its second-quarter earnings jumped 37.3 percent from a year earlier on brisk sales at home and abro

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SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks are stepping up efforts to bolster their investment banking business in a bid to brace for the potential creation of large investment banks following a

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean non-life insurers are bracing themselves for a spike in car insurance claims relating to damage from the record downpours that pounded the capital area, sour

HONG KONG, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Life Insurance Co.'s joint venture in China said Thursday it will expand its reach in the country in an effort to increase its presence in the growing insuran

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy is expected to expand 4.1 percent in the second half of the year in the face of rising global and domestic uncertainties, a private think tank sa

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy is expected to expand 4.1 percent in the second half of the year in the face of rising global and domestic uncertainties, a private think tank sa