SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of agriculture products reached an all-time high in the first quarter of the year on the back of strong demand for kimchi and processed foods, data ...
11:49 Apr. 04
SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- More than 35 public firms in South Korea plan to hire more than 5,000 new employees this year, but the number is still almost 40 percent lower than last year's job additi...
11:25 Apr. 04
SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shipbuilders clinched orders in the first quarter worth ten times more than the total orders logged for 2020, as the shipyard industry is recovering from the ...
11:13 Apr. 04
SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumption of petroleum declined to a five-year low last year amid the pandemic, data showed Sunday.
The country's consumption of petroleum reached 878 mi...
10:21 Apr. 04
(ATTN: UPDATES with new daily tally in paras 5-6)
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases surpassed 500 for the fourth day in a row on Saturday, ringing an alarm bell o...
18:48 Apr. 03
(ATTN: ADDS arrival of vaccines in paras 18-21, new photo)
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases surpassed 500 for the fourth day in a row on Saturday, ringing an ala...
15:11 Apr. 03
(ATTN: UPDATES with new figures in paras 12-14)
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases surpassed 500 for the fourth day in a row on Saturday, ringing an alarm bell ove...
10:32 Apr. 03
SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases surpassed 500 for the fourth day in a row on Saturday, ringing an alarm bell over a possible resurgence across the nation in the...
09:48 Apr. 03
(ATTN: UPDATES latest figures in 4th para; ADDS flight ban extension in paras 13-14)
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 500s for the third straight d...
21:56 Apr. 02
ULSAN, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at global giant shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. failed to pass a second tentative deal for their two years of wages from 2019 to 2020, the comp...
17:49 Apr. 02
(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 23-24)
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 500s for the third straight day Friday, as cluster infections continued to eme...
16:05 Apr. 02
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Loans extended by insurance companies in South Korea rose 7.8 percent on-year last year, led by increases in home-backed lending and corporate loans, the financial watchd...
15:10 Apr. 02
(ATTN: ADDS details throughout, photo)
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 500s for the third straight day Friday, as cluster infections continued to ...
14:57 Apr. 02
April 3
1906 -- A railway opens, linking Seoul, now in South Korea, and Sinuiju, now in North Korea. The 518.5-kilometer multi-rail line carried the largest traffic volume on the Korean Peninsu...
14:00 Apr. 02
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agriculture ministry said Friday that three additional avian influenza cases tied to wild birds have been reported in the country over th...
13:36 Apr. 02
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday.
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(LEAD) New COVID-19 cases above 500 for 3rd day; virus curbs tightened in Busan
S...
13:31 Apr. 02
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- A court-led restructuring process for SsangYong Motor Co. is set to begin as early as next week as a sole potential investor didn't submit a letter of intent to acquire t...
13:27 Apr. 02