INCHEON, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen
Stephens said Tuesday that she will make her utmost efforts to bring the

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's main opposition party on Tuesday called
on the government to put more effort into getting stalled inter-Korean economic

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Cases of child abuse increased by 43 percent during
the past four years, but more than 90 percent of the perpetrators went

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's enhanced transparency in the public
sector helped move it up to the 40th spot out of 180 countries in a global

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea began allowing liberal civic groups to
resume sending large-scale delegations to North Korea some two months after the

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Six out of seven policymakers at the Bank of Korea
(BOK) voted to raise the key interest rate for August to curb rising inflation

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC), South Korea's
state-run oil company, and top refiner SK Energy have signed deals to conduct a

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Disgraced South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang
Woo-suk has won a patent from Australian authorities for his work on cloning

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks bounced back from a weak start
Tuesday as institutions and retail investors snapped up machinery, finance and

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will take "preemptive measures" if the
collapse of investment giant Lehman Brothers results in a prolonged credit