Hwangbo Kwan, head of the technical committee at the Korea Football Association (KFA), attends a press conference at the KFA headquarters in Seoul Dec.

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean national football head coach Cho Kwang-rae has been fired by the local governing body in what he charged was a "nonsensical" move.

Kim Bong-soo (L), chief of the Korean Exchange, poses with Atsushi Saito, head of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., after signing a memorandum of understanding on market linkage between the two bour

SEOUL, Dec.

This is the inside of Lotte Mall, which South Korea's largest retail conglomerate Lotte Group has built near Gimpo International Airport, west of Seoul.

SEOUL, Dec.

Yoo Seong-min, one of the five members of the Supreme Council of the ruling Grand National Party, bows in apology as he holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Seoul Dec.

SEOUL, Dec.

SEOUL, Dec.

SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- Three minor opposition parties established a new progressive party on Monday as part of a strategy to boost their chances in next year's general elections.