SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks tumbled more than 8 percent late Thursday morning as investor jitters grew over the prospects of a global economic recession, analysts said.

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ILSAN, Gyeonggi Province, Oct.

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SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea in mid-October held an annual music concert to cherish the memory of a Korean composer, inviting a South Korean delegation of musicians amid chilled relations with Seo

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- In its strongest criticism of Seoul in recent months, North Korea has threatened to cut off all ties with South Korea, indicating that all remaining joint tourism and economic coo