SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Ahead of next week's crucial inter-Korean talks on
resuming long-suspended tours to a scenic mountain and an ancient city in North

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- A special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
to North Korea will visit Seoul this week before flying to the communist nation

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will play a warm-up match with Ecuador in
May, a month before the World Cup kicks off, football officials here said
Thursday.

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Thursday it will
appeal a court ruling that the shooting death of a soldier was covered up as
suicide 26 years ago.

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs on
Thursday gave the green light to the reopening of a regular car ferry route

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SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest

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SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy continues to improve but it faces

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government said Thursday that it has
agreed with a U.S. carbon exchange operator to intensify bilateral cooperation as

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Korean Air, South Korea's No.1 airliner, said Thursday
that it will resume services connecting Incheon, the country's main gateway, with

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea should improve its human rights conditions
if it wants significant progress in building better relations with the United