SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major companies saw their profitability
and financial soundness worsen in 2008 from a year earlier because of the global

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major companies posted a high reserve
ratio last year, indicating that they remain reluctant to engage in capital

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Two U.S. Aegis destroyers are continuing operations
in Korea's East Sea despite the end of their joint exercise with South Korean

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to unveil detailed spending plans
for an extra budget of as much as 29 trillion won (US$20.64 billion) on Tuesday,

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Major South Korean companies are likely to see their
first-quarter earnings worsen sharply, buffeted by a tumble in global trade and

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has informed South Korean air traffic
control that it will temporarily close two air routes between April 4-8, during

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state news agency said Saturday that the country detained two Americans earlier this week and is investigating them for allegedly intruding into North Kore

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will seek ways to cooperatively develop the Tumen River through a U.N.-backed program, whose next meeting will be held in Mongolia, officials said Saturday.

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il recently met with hundreds of front-line soldiers at a military gathering held in Pyongyang, the country's state media reported Saturday.

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday restored a severed military communication channel and reopened the border for South Koreans visiting a joint industrial complex, following the co