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By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Chemical Corp. said Thursday it will spend a total of 10 trillion won (US$7.85 billion) by 2030...
15:06 May. 19
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.
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N.K. gauges timing for nuclear test after completing preparations: Seoul spy agenc...
13:30 May. 19
By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Household income grew at the fastest pace on record in the first quarter on the back of the economic recovery and state relief funds for pandemic-hit merch...
12:00 May. 19
By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Thursday it has decided to join the U.S.-led new economic initiative, as it could help diversify and stabilize the country's supply chains ...
11:47 May. 19
By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Chemical Corp. said Thursday it will spend a total of 10 trillion won (US$7.85 billion) by 2030 to boost its hydrogen and battery businesses as it...
11:16 May. 19
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's tax revenue increased 10.4 trillion won (US$8.16 billion) in March from a year earlier, as the collection of corporate and value-added taxes rose amid the eco...
10:00 May. 19
Not-so-stable 'stablecoins'
A massive sell-off in Korean cryptocurrencies
sparks panicky response amid calls for oversight
Cryptocurrencies still sound cryptic to most people, especially those wh...
06:59 May. 19
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on May 19.
Korean-language dailies
-- Yoon says spirit of 1980 pro-democracy uprising is cornerstone ...
06:58 May. 19
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SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- SsangYong Motor Co. said Wednesday it has signed a conditional investment deal with a local consortium ahead of the auc...
18:45 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- SsangYong Motor Co. said Wednesday it has signed a conditional investment deal with a local consortium ahead of the auction later this month to find a new investor for the...
18:03 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Hancom InSpace Co., a South Korean aerospace tech company, said Wednesday that it plans to launch the country's first commercial Earth observation satellite next week in t...
17:31 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state power firm Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) said Wednesday it will sell all overseas coal power plants, including one in the Philippines, as part of ...
17:27 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Wednesday their sales in Europe rose 13 percent last month from a year earlier, helped by higher demand for their electr...
17:12 May. 18
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday.
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S. Korea, U.S. have 'plan B' ready in case of N.K. provocation during Biden's vi...
17:08 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will beef up monitoring of the cooking oil market and boost its supply chains on concerns over supply crunches and illegal hoarding, the agriculture ministry s...
15:56 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Top business leaders of South Korea and Japan have agreed to resume regular meetings after more than two years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, industry sources sai...
15:54 May. 18
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By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Development Institute (KDI) on Wednesday lowered its 2022 growth forecast for the South Korean econo...
14:47 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The state-run Export-Import Bank of Korea (Exim Bank) said Wednesday it has raised 1.5 billion euros (US$1.58 billion) by selling global bonds.
The state lender has so...
14:28 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday it will invest 21 trillion won (US$16.5 billion) to expand its domestic electric vehicle production capacity and develop r...
14:07 May. 18
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SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea needs to keep close tabs on financial market situations with a "sense of crisis" that many potential risks facing...
14:00 May. 18