SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's biggest air carrier Korean Air Lines Co. said Thursday that it swung to a profit in the second quarter from a year ago on foreign exchange gains.

DAEGU, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling party chief on Thursday invited North Korea to compete in the upcoming World Championships in Athletics to be held in this southeastern city next mon

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea could seek international arbitration in case North Korea disposes of seized South Korean assets at a scenic mountain resort in the isolated country, a researc

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- Only 1.8 percent of civil servants chose a flexible work schedule even after the government encouraged its use through a new system introduced last year, the home affairs

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has decided to slap an entry ban on two Japanese lawmakers planning to visit an island near the South's easternmost islets of Dokdo, a trip that Seoul calls a

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- About 10 land mines remain buried in a Seoul mountain pounded by recent rainstorms and the military is bracing for possible contingencies, the defense ministry said Thurs

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- The number of senior citizens in South Korea increased 5 percent in May from a year earlier amid concerns that the country is on a path toward an aged society amid the lo

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- The portion of shares of South Korean family-owned conglomerates owned by group heads and their families inched up in 2011, the country's corporate watchdog said Thursday

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.81 percent lower late Thursday morning due largely to a grim outlook for the U.S. economic recovery, analysts said.

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- S-Oil Corp., South Korea's third-largest refiner, said Thursday that its second-quarter profit more than quadrupled from a year earlier thanks to increased sales.