SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea said Thursday it will not repatriate two North Koreans who crossed the eastern sea border earlier this week, a development that could anger North Korea.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - Overseas orders for industrial plants won by South Korean builders dropped 18.3 percent on-year in the first three quarters due mainly to a one-off factor, the government said Thur

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's exports and trade surplus in industrial parts and materials in the first nine months of the year reached record highs on large increases in shipments of petrochemical

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korea's exports of information technology (IT) products grew 4.6 percent on-year in September on rising demand from emerging economies, the government said Thursday.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - The postseason for South Korea's top professional baseball league will kick off this weekend, with the regular season scheduled to wrap up later Thursday, the league office said.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - Loans extended by non-bank financial institutions to households increased by 10 trillion won (US$8 billion) over the last three months, growing nearly two times faster than those b

SEOUL (Yonhap) - Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker and No.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea jumped 25.3 percent in September from a year earlier, helped by new car models and importers' aggressive marketing, a local trade associat

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean banks and brokerages are expected to rake in record-high profits this year on their aggressive sales strategies, despite ongoing global economic uncertainties, industr

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean stocks got off to a strong start on Thursday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, analysts said.