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SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Nine out of ten South Korean firms operating in a

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's population has increased by more than 200,000 annually over the past five years and is expected to top 50 million at the end of next year, the Ministry of

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Nine out of ten South Korean firms operating in a joint industrial complex in the North will be forced to suspend production if Pyongyang maintains its closure of the in

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Export transactions without letters of credit (LC) rose sharply in the past decade as companies moved to cut financial costs, the government said Sunday.

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top nuclear envoy will hold talks with his Japanese counterpart this week to discuss North Korea's plan to launch a rocket, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said S

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean businesses operating in a joint industrial complex north of the Demilitarized Zone were growing worried about their earnings Sunday as the inter-Korean bord

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- GS Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea's second-largest builder, said Sunday it has completed the construction of a US$2.1 billion gas-processing plant in Ir

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging economies have agreed to take every possible measure to restore growth in the

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SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean creditors are to begin reviewing the overall health of 44 large businesses burdened with sizable debt to determine what support measures can be taken, gover