SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The president of South Korean broadcaster MBC offered to resign Friday over the government regulator's refusal to approve a planned merger of two regional stations, the b

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished 1.05 percent lower Friday as the U.S. political deadlock over a debt limit deal unleashed foreign sell-offs, analysts said.

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- KB Financial Group Inc., South Korea's No.

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak paid his respect Friday to a young conscripted policeman who was killed while trying to rescue a citizen from a stream swollen in this week's torr

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HONG KONG, July 29 (Yonhap) -- China's expected launch of a special bourse for foreign companies will likely face some challenges as the country's financial markets are not fully developed, a think

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- A former top South Korean singer and his estranged actress wife agreed to end their alimony suit, the actress's management agency said Friday.

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SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The government will place at least two security guards at each of the nation's elementary, middle and high schools gradually by 2014 as part of a plan to better protect s

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea urged North Korea to come forward for talks to resolve the dispute on its seized assets at a scenic mountain resort in the isolated communist country, an offi