SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Ruling and opposition lawmakers rapped the prosecution on Friday for refusing to cooperate in their parliamentary probe into an influence-peddling scandal involving a cor

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info from 3rd para)

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday that it has completed preparations for a massive gymnastics extravaganza, despite recent downpours of rain that caused severe damage in the impove

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with North Korea's messages)

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea's top builder, said Friday that its net profit dropped 17 percent in the second quarter due mainly to construction

(ATTN: UPDATES with gov't decision to offer monetary support to disaster-hit regions in last three paras)

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., South Korea's top non-life insurer, said Friday that its net profit jumped 60 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier o

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The personal information of about 35 million subscribers of two popular Internet sites were hacked in the worst online security breach in South Korea since a cyber attack

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom)

(ATTN: UPDATES share price; RECASTS para 8; ADDS smartphone data in para 10-11)
By Lee Youkyung