By Choi Soo-hyang
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was the 10th-largest arms exporter in the 2015-2019 period, accounting for 2.1 percent of the world's total defense exports, an annual gover...
11:43 Dec. 14
By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Yonhap) -- Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Monday that it has signed a 400 billion won (US$367 million) deal to build four crude carriers with a...
11:23 Dec. 14
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's auto exports dropped 10.2 percent on-year in November, falling at a faster pace compared with the previous month, amid the global resurge...
11:00 Dec. 14
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at Kia Motors Corp. will extend their partial strike this week to demand higher wages and bonuses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the union said Monday.
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08:54 Dec. 14
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean steelmaker POSCO said Sunday it will expand hydrogen production capacity in the next three decades to meet growing demand for the clean energy source and fos...
13:00 Dec. 13
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- Starbucks has opened seven new stores in South Korea, bringing the total number of outlets that the U.S. coffee giant has launched since its debut here 21 years ago to 1,...
11:38 Dec. 13
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee has met with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for U.S. trade representative (USTR), the trade ministry said Saturday.
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11:36 Dec. 12
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Saturday issued a 48-hour standstill order on all poultry farms across the country following a series of highly pathogenic bird flu cases.
Until Sunday,...
10:09 Dec. 12
By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group said Friday its affiliates and its chairman will buy an 80-percent stake, worth up to 900 billion won (US$828 million), ...
17:44 Dec. 11
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SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Audi Volkswagen Korea Group said Friday it will launch eight additional all-electric models in South Korea by 2023 to bolster sales and m...
13:35 Dec. 11
By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Friday that it has signed a deal to build a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier with an American compa...
11:52 Dec. 11
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Audi Volkswagen Korea Group said Friday it will launch eight all-electric models in South Korea by 2023 to boost sales and absorb growing local demand for zero-emission c...
11:46 Dec. 11
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s share in the global wireless earphone market dropped slightly in the third quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, as more consumers lean t...
09:49 Dec. 11
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- GM Korea Co. and its union have reached a second tentative wage deal after union members rejected the first deal early this month, the company said Friday.
In a vote ...
08:38 Dec. 11
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- The following is an unofficial translation of President Moon Jae-in's declaration of South Korea's 2050 carbon neutrality vision. It was provided by his office, Cheong Wa...
20:04 Dec. 10
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By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's power plant builder Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. said Thu...
18:09 Dec. 10
By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's No. 1 construction equipment maker Doosan Infracore Co. said on Thursday that its creditors led by Korea Development Bank (KDB) have tapped...
17:12 Dec. 10
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.
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(LEAD) Biegun says diplomacy 'best' and 'only' course to resolving...
17:00 Dec. 10
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- An additional batch of employees at Samsung Display Co. will be reassigned to Samsung Electronics Co.'s semiconductor unit, industry officials said Thursday, following th...
16:53 Dec. 10
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By Choi Kyong-ae
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it will invest 60.1 trillion won (US$55.5 bil...
16:42 Dec. 10