SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is holding more than 138,000 people in its detention facilities across the country, a private organization on North Korean human rights said Wednesday.
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SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Skyrocketing prices are imposing a heavy burden on the livelihoods of middle- and low-income earners these days.
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's leading shipbuilder, said Wednesday that its second-quarter earnings sank 17 percent from a year earlier mainly due to increas
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of homeless people who have made Seoul's main train station their home will face eviction starting next month, the national railway operator said Wednesday, rais
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- LG Chem, South Korea's leading chemical maker, said Wednesday that its second-quarter earnings dropped 3.3 percent from a year earlier mainly due to falling prices of key
CHEONGJU, South Korea, July 20 (Yonhap) -- A teenage boy has been arrested for raping the corpse of an elderly woman who presumably committed suicide, police said Wednesday.
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Hana Financial Group Inc., South Korea's No.
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- A ruling party lawmaker on Wednesday disclosed fresh allegations of embezzlement involving Busan Savings Bank, insisting that the corruption-ridden lender bought real est
(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished 1.16 percent higher Wednesday, led by tech companies, as investors were relieved by signs of progress in t
