BUSAN, March 11 (Yonhap) -- A former North Korean spy had an emotionally-charged meeting with the family of Yaeko Taguchi, a Japanese woman abducted by the communist nation in the 1970s, asking the

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean oil company has signed a deal with Colombia to explore three oil blocks in the South American nation, the Seoul government said Wednesday.

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- The growth of South Korean bank loans to firms slowed in February as more large companies raised funds through debt sales and banks remained cautious about expanding len

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- Growth of South Korea's money supply picked up in January as local firms' net debt sales expanded amid local banks' caution against increasing lending, the central bank

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- Park Hee-tae, chairman of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP), said Wednesday his party will soon announce the creation of a supplementary budget of around 30 trillion

BUSAN, March 11 (Yonhap) -- The eyes of Kim Hyun-hui, once a North Korean terrorist and now a housewife living in South Korea, were teary as she briefly hugged the son of Yaeko Taguchi, a Japanese

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Group, South Korea's largest business conglomerate, said Wednesday it plans to hire 5,500 university graduates this year.

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 2.44 percent higher late Wednesday morning as investor sentiment was lifted by eased concerns over the teetering U.S.

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is aiming to boost its robotics technology and manufacturing infrastructure to become one of the top three global robot manufacturers by 2013, the government

BUSAN, March 11 (Yonhap) -- Kim Hyun-hui, once a North Korean terrorist and now a housewife living in South Korea, held a long-awaited meeting Wednesday with the family of a Japanese woman kidnappe