SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- Coffee prices in South Korea surged 4.5 percent in the second quarter from three months earlier, due mainly to soaring costs of importing coffee beans, data showed Sunday

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea regained its status as the world's leading shipbuilding nation in the first half, taking more than half of the global market in terms of orders measured in we

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's four largest banking groups plan to step up efforts to expand their insurance units in a bid to bolster their non-bank businesses, sources said Sunday.

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- Renault Samsung Motor Co., the South Korean unit of French automaker Renault SA, said Sunday that it will launch a completely new model of its flagship SM7 sedan in Augus

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By Kim Eun-jung

(Yonhap Interview)SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- For Kim Jin-sun, PyeongChang's recent victory over two European rivals to win the bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics was a poignant moment.

(ATTN: ADDS time element in lead) SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Heavy downpours battered much of North Korea earlier this week, causing casualties and flooding homes, farmlands, and roads, the country

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Heavy downpours battered much of North Korea earlier this week, causing casualties and flooding homes, farmlands, and roads, the country's media reported.

(ATTN: RECASTS paras 1-2, ADDS details) SACHEON, South Korea, July 16 (Yonhap) -- A drowsy driver slammed his car into a group of tourists walking along an offshore bridge in southern South Korea o

SACHEON, South Korea, July 16 (Yonhap) -- A drowsy driver slammed his car into a group of hikers walking along a narrow road in southern South Korea on Saturday, killing four of them and injuring f