SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's export-import clearance portal system experienced an abrupt processing delay that inconvenienced many users, the Korea Customs Service (KCS) said Monday.

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state auditor is expected to conduct a special probe as early as later this month to determine the cause behind the frequent malfunctions involving the coun

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Everland Inc. said Monday that it has fired a worker for leaking sensitive corporate information less than a week after employees set up a trade union.

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's umbrella federation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on Monday said it will seek to set up the country's fourth mobile carrier as part of an ong

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with results of meeting, quote, details, ADDS lawmakers' planned visit to Dokdo; CHANGES headline)

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- The Associated Press (AP) has asked its client agencies worldwide to withdraw a North Korean news agency's photo of flooding in the North's capital, saying it appears to

(ATTN: UPDATES with culture minister's speech to opening ceremony in paras 8-9)

(ATTN: CORRECT nominee's surname in penultimate para)

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Severe opposition is expected to put a roadblock in the way of President Lee Myung-bak's plan to appoint a new prosecutor general as the nominee is dogged by allegations

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Controversy over the ban on corporal punishment of students has continued since some progressive educational superintendents announced the measure in July of last year un