By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Heavy rains hit Pyongyang and North Korea's northern
region over the weekend, raising concerns of recurring casualties and damage to

(ATTN: ADDS crackdown results in paras 5-6)
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- People who illegally upload music or movies in South

By Park Bo-ram
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Foreign ownership of South Korean shares gained ground
in the first seven months of this year as overseas investors increased their

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has agreed with two European organizations
to share information on technology standardization and related policies as part

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The chief of South Korea's central bank will attend a
meeting of top central bankers from the East Asia and Pacific region this week to

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The number of corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
in South Korea plunged during the first half of this year as the global economic

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Nearly half of the nation's jobless received
unemployment benefits in the first half of the year, the highest figure since

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Jeju Air Co., South Korea's biggest budget carrier,
plans to launch two passenger chartered flights to the Thai tourist resort of

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean TV makers claimed the largest market
share of the global TV market during the first three months this year, widening

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of unionized workers at the country's
newspaper and television networks will go on an indefinite strike this week to