SEOUL (Yonhap) - A member of the popular boy band Big Bang has been found to have illegally smoked marijuana but was released without an indictment because he smoked only a tiny amount, prosecutors

(Jiji Press) - One of the nine North Korean defectors who left Japan for South Korea Tuesday claims to be a grandson of Paek Nam Un, former president of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, Jap

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean stocks traded 1.88 percent lower late Wednesday morning due to the renewed European crisis including a downgrade of Italy's rating, analysts said.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea is pushing to create a task force on citizens who were abducted by North Korea following the 1950-53 Korean War, an official said Wednesday.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - Samsung Electronics Co. and Hyundai Motor Co.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - A total of 55 small and mid-size companies in South Korea, mostly manufacturers and property developers, were found to have bad financial health that may put them under a debt work

SEOUL (Yonhap) - One third of South Korea's regular workers are entitled to company-funded retirement pensions, the labor ministry said Wednesday, indicating a growing popularity of such plans.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean football fans will be treated to a rare doubleheader Friday, as both the Olympic squad and the senior national team are set to compete in friendly matches in the natio

SEOUL (Yonhap) - Japan's Toray Industries Inc., the world's largest supplier of carbon fiber, will build a global research and development center in Seoul, the local government here said Wednesday.

By Lee Youkyung