SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul high court on Thursday upheld a lower court's
death sentence for a serial killer convicted of murdering 10 women, including his

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SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker,

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Local companies are cautious about making any forays
into the broadcast sector, industry sources said Thursday, despite the

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The fake photo thought to have been of North Korean
leader Kim Jong-il's heir-apparent shown by a Japanese television station last

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) said Thursday it
has purchased a 1.5 percent stake in Adaro Energy, Indonesia's second-largest

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Daewoo International Corp., South Korea's
second-largest trading company, said Thursday that its second-quarter earnings

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The government will toughen country-of-origin rules to
secure fair trading by providing accurate product information to consumers,

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is working with other nations to offer

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Engineering Co., South Korea's largest plant

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The ability of South Korean manufacturers to repay debt sank to an eight-year low in 2008 as a severe business slump sharply cut their cash receipts, the central bank sai