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South Korea's Unification Ministry dismissed rumors Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had been attacked and killed, which prompted financial markets to slide briefly in what one analyst said was a reflection of fragile sentiment.
Apple's iPhone set to make splash in tech savvy South Korea, posing challenge to Samsung, LG
South Korea posted a 4.05 billion dollar trade surplus in November, with exports growing from year-earlier levels for the first time in more than a year, official figures showed Tuesday.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday. The victims were members of the National Guidance League, or 'Bodo' League, that the then-staunchly anti-communist government created to 're-educate ...
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- North Korea sharply raised the value of its currency Tuesday -- the country's first monetary reform in 17 years. The move is aimed at curbing inflation and black-market trading in an effort to tighten state control as the country prepares for another dynastic power transfer, analysts in South Korea say.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The iPhones arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers. "I cant wait to get my ...
Migrant women from poorer parts of Asia have helped fuel a South Korean baby boom but brought concerns about assimilating the offspring of mixed unions.
South Korea 's Constitutional Court struck down a decades-old law Thursday that had punished men for making false promises of marriage to engage in sex with women.
South Korea's Constitutional Court struck down on Thursday a half-century-old criminal code provision that made it illegal to promise to marry a woman in return for sex.
AP FILE PHOTOIn this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson listens to a question during a news conference at the GM Daewoo auto plant in Incheon, South Korea. General Motors Co. said it will phase out...
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- South Korea says it will raise its tariff-free import quotas on products made in developing countries next year to help economically hard-pressed areas.
