Bank loan default rate hits 3-year high in Feb.
SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks' loan default rate rose to the highest level in more than three years in February as a severe economic slump hit smaller firms hard, the financial wat
Seoul minister rules out closing joint industrial park in N. Korea
SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification minister said Wednesday that his government will not consider shutting down a joint inter-Korean industrial complex and urged North Korea not t
U.S. confident over possible shootdown of N. Korean rocket: commander
By Hwang Doo-hyong
N. Korea refuses to accept further food aid from U.S.: State Dept.
By Hwang Doo-hyong
S. Korea denounces Yemen terrorist bombing
By Lee Chi-dong
S. Korean survivors return home from Yemen
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean tourists who survived what was believed to be a suicide bombing returned home from Yemen on Tuesday.
After suicide, actress` letter details sexual exploitation
(ATTN: UPDATES with forensic result in paras 7-9)
By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- An unfolding probe into a letter allegedly written by
N. Korean premier embarks on trip to China
(ATTN: UPDATES with Kim's itinerary, Beijing spokesman's remark, N.K. media report)
BEIJING, March 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il began on Tuesday
Vietnam named first importer of Korean development model
(ATTN: INSERTS 2nd para to highlight signing of a deal between Korea and Vietnam
next month; UPDATES with more details, minor changes)
By Byun Duk-kun
Ruling party eyes creating extra budget of up to 29 tln won
SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) plans to
compile a supplementary budget of up to 29 trillion won (US$20.59 billion) for
