SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Woori Finance Holdings Co., South Korea's top financial
service company, said Thursday its first-quarter earnings plunged 70.3 percent

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has proposed a meeting with the South this
week over a joint industrial park, but Seoul rejected the offer so as to take

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean exports of information technology (IT)
products fell 19.5 percent on-year in April as the worldwide economic slump

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, May 6 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- She is an author of four steady-selling books, hundreds
of thousands of them sold while the country teeters on the edge of a recession.

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SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean health authorities confirmed the country's

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Thursday raided the home and office of a
confidant of President Lee Myung-bak over allegations that he may have attempted

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean scientists on Thursday said they have
discovered potential treatment methods to help combat metabolic liver diseases

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 1.21 percent higher late
Thursday morning as investors took comfort from Wall Street gains on eased fears

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak Thursday called for stepped up
efforts to secure labor flexibility in the market, saying failure to do so could