"To strengthen the industry's competitiveness, South Korea must expand working hour options for workers and companies, as ...

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's chief envoy to the United Nations has sidestepped a question confirming the ...

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more comments, info, minor edits in paras 6, 9, 16, 19; TRIMS) By Oh Seok-min ...

The projection for next year comes below the country's potential growth rate of 2 percent and is bleaker than the ...

Last month, Seoul and Washington inked the five-year deal on determining Seoul's share of its cost for the upkeep of the ...

The data showed that household income has maintained an upward trend for five consecutive quarters, with growth accelerating ...

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded almost flat late Thursday morning, with bio shares offsetting losses by blue chip tech shares. After kicking off marginally lower, the benchmark ...

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized a five-year prison term for a lobbyist in connection with ...

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top economic policymaker said Thursday that the government will extend its fuel tax ...

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean game developer, finalized its decision to establish four new ...

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- Some North Korean defectors who were repatriated from China last year were sent to prison camps in ...

In a surprise move, the monetary policy committee of the Bank of Korea (BOK) slashed its key rate by 25 basis points to 3 ...