SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Ssangyong Motor Co., the South Korean automaker under bankruptcy protection, said Monday that its April sales sank 58 percent from a year earlier.

SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Monday it will hold cultural and academic programs later this month to celebrate South Korea's ties with Southeast Asia ahead of a schedule

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SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's leading automaker, said Monday that its sales fell 7.5 percent from a year earlier to 233,342 units in April amid an economic slump.

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SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Unification Ministry is set to close its
bureau on humanitarian aid to North Korea as part of its restructuring, officials

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SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean naval unit has rescued a North Korean

SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is not considering the redeployment of its
troops to Afghanistan, a spokesman said Monday, dismissing a media report that