SEOUL (Yonhap) - North Korea and the United States will hold a second bilateral meeting to discuss the stalled six-nation talks on the North's nuclear weapons programs, a senior Seoul diplomat said

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's rice production is expected to fall to the lowest level in 31 years due to bad weather conditions and a steady decrease in the size of rice paddies, a government repo

SEOUL (Yonhap) - External uncertainties are hurting South Korea's exports, although steady gains in the service sector is helping to sustain domestic economic growth, a state-run think tank said Mo

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean stocks traded 0.51 percent higher late Monday morning as agreements from the Germany-France summit helped investors brush off concerns about troubled eurozone banks, a

SEOUL (Yonhap) - A foreign company has said it will offer a cruise tour to North Korea's scenic mountain resort next week, the latest sign that Pyongyang wants to revitalize the resort that is at t

SEOUL (Yonhap) - The number of wealthy South Koreans with assets of more than 1 trillion won (US$852 million) rose 32 percent this year from a year earlier with two self-made businessmen making the

By Chang Jae-soon

SEOUL (Yonhap) - A former vice culture minister, during an overnight questioning, denied allegations that he received a huge amount of money from a local businessman in return for influence peddlin

SEOUL (Yonhap) - The decrease in South Korea's rural population has slowed down sharply in the past five years as fewer people leave farms for cities and more urban dwellers opt to become farmers,

By Joshua Hall
Contributing writer