SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks' mid- and long-term overseas
borrowing jumped in the first five months of this year as state bond sales and

By Sam Kim
HWACHEON, South Korea, May 19 (Yonhap) -- A joint team of U.S. and South Korean
officials said Tuesday they have excavated a collection of bone fragments and

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and former U.S.
President Bill Clinton called for immediate efforts to fight global warming and

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Representatives from about 80 major cities around the
world opened an international forum in Seoul Tuesday to chart strategies in the

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SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean health authorities confirmed Tuesday that

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- LG Innotek Co., a South Korean maker of mobile phone
components, said Tuesday its shareholders approved the company's merger with a

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By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak called Tuesday for resolute

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean state firms may suffer huge losses
from their businesses in North Korea due to cooling inter-Korean relations,

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Tuesday summoned a confidant of
President Lee Myung-bak over allegations that he tried to influence a tax probe

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 2.19 percent higher late
Tuesday morning as investors picked up steel and financial shares following