BUSAN, March 11 (Yonhap) -- The eyes of Kim Hyun-hui, once a North Korean terrorist and now a housewife living in South Korea, were teary as she briefly hugged the son of Yaeko Taguchi, a Japanese

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Group, South Korea's largest business conglomerate, said Wednesday it plans to hire 5,500 university graduates this year.

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 2.44 percent higher late Wednesday morning as investor sentiment was lifted by eased concerns over the teetering U.S.

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is aiming to boost its robotics technology and manufacturing infrastructure to become one of the top three global robot manufacturers by 2013, the government

BUSAN, March 11 (Yonhap) -- Kim Hyun-hui, once a North Korean terrorist and now a housewife living in South Korea, held a long-awaited meeting Wednesday with the family of a Japanese woman kidnappe

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's per capita gross domestic product (GDP)
is expected to fall sharply this year due to a sharp economic downturn and a weak

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top 20 business conglomerates want the
won currency to strengthen against the U.S. dollar this year to offset expensive

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Lotte Engineering & Construction Co.
said Wednesday that it has clinched a 112 billion won (US$75.6 million) deal to

SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) -- The government said Wednesday that it is considering
offering new treasury bonds in exchange for less liquid ones to boost demand for