SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The former chief executive of Ssangyong Motor Co.
apologized to employees Thursday for the crisis-hit automaker's application for
court receivership.

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. business leader urged Congress and South
Korea's parliament on Thursday to ratify a bilateral free trade deal as soon as

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis will visit South

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean information technology experts
and businessmen will visit North Korea next month on a rare trip to the communist

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea rejected as "distorted" Thursday a North
Korean demand to adopt a mutually verifiable deal to confirm the possession or

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The top U.S. military public relations officer in
South Korea has expressed hope that the two allies will coordinate their defense

(ATTN: CORRECTS BOK's growth projection in paras 1, 2)
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea might be unable to meet its central bank's

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea might be unable to meet its central bank's
prediction of 3 percent economic growth for this year as the economy is fast

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court nullified a five-year prison
sentence for a former finance ministry official on Thursday who allegedly took

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap)-- South Korea's Lotte Group may move to establish its
presence in the local beer market by acquiring the country's second-largest