SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The top trade officials from South Korea and the United
States will meet next week to discuss how to gain ratification of a bilateral

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By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean exports of information technology (IT)

venture
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By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is narrowing differences with the North in

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SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Woori Finance Holdings Co., South Korea's top financial

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Korean Air Co., South Korea's biggest carrier, said
Thursday its first-quarter net loss widened in the first quarter from a year

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SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economic downturn is easing on the back of

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Seoul police on Thursday raided the headquarters of a
pro-Pyongyang group and arrested its leaders on suspicion of unauthorized contact

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- A visiting Ukrainian interior minister pledged to
closely cooperate with South Korea on a campaign to help ethnic Koreans in the

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- CJ Home Shopping Co., a South Korean cable home-shopping
channel, said Thursday it will officially change its name to CJ O Shopping Co.
from next week.

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Sales of imported cars in South Korea dropped 22.5
percent from a year ago to 4,769 units in April, hit by an economic slump,