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SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged for the first time in 10 months as worries are...
11:00 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade minister said Thursday the government will provide more incentives to overseas businesses investing in high-end industries playing key roles in the su...
11:00 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- POSCO International Corp., a major South Korean commodities trader, said Thursday it has won a bid to explore gas mines in Indonesia as it is stepping up to expand its en...
10:57 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Systems Co. on Thursday reported its 2022 net loss of 80.8 billion won (US$62 million), turning from a profit of 97.9 billion won a year earlier.
The company sa...
10:43 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Systems Co. on Thursday reported its fourth-quarter net loss of 47.5 billion won (US$36.5 million), swinging from a profit of 20.9 billion won a year earlier.
T...
10:42 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of the Bank of Korea's statement on its monetary policy decision. The central bank's monetary policy board voted Thursday to keep the key i...
10:39 Feb. 23
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SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged for the first time in 1...
10:21 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the first time after delivering seven straight increases as concerns are growing ove...
09:51 Feb. 23
Security cooperation to normalization of ties
On Wednesday, South Korea, the United States and Japan conducted a joint missile defense exercise against North Korea on the East Sea. The drill was a...
06:59 Feb. 23
Unhappy Koreans
Coexistence should be prioritized beyond growth
Korea is the role model of many developing countries. It has shifted from a beggar to a donor in a couple of generations and boasts ...
06:59 Feb. 23
Fighting drug crimes
New investigation unit expected to play a key role in battling growing drug problems
South Korean prosecutors launched a special investigation unit Tuesday to fight growing dr...
06:59 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Feb. 23.
Korean-language dailies
-- S. Korea's childbirths hit another fresh low in 2022 (Kyunghy...
06:58 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's producer prices rose in January, driven in part by soaring electricity costs, central bank data showed Thursday.
The producer price index, a major barome...
06:00 Feb. 23