SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top memory chipmaker, said Friday that its second-quarter earnings declined 18 percent from a year ago as feeble demand for TVs and p

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Chang Jae-keun may have been a premier Asian sprinter in the 1980s, but the South Korean also had his share of failures.

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output grew for the 24th straight month in June, indicating that the nation's economic recovery remains on track, a government report showed Frid

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on July 29.

(2nd LD) NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, July 28 (Yonhap) -- After a 17-month hiatus, senior North Korean and U.S.

TOKYO, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Japan's main opposition party has decided to allow four of its members to make a diplomatically explosive trip to a South Korean island near Dokdo, according to a Japanes

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has recouped 60.2 percent of the public funds used to bail out troubled financial companies during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, the financial watchdo

NEW YORK (Yonhap) - Senior North Korean and U.S. officials began talks here Thursday on ways to revive the six-way negotiations on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons drive.

SHANGHAI (Yonhap) - South Korean swimmer Choi Kyu-woong broke his own Korean record to make it to the final in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the 2011 FINA World Aquatics Championships on Thur

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