SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- SsangYong Motor Co., the South Korean unit of Indian carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., said Monday its net losses narrowed in the first quarter on increased exports.
N...
16:41 May. 16
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Major South Korean business groups were reassessing their U.S. operations and investments, industry officials said Monday, as the upcoming summit between South Korea and t...
16:41 May. 16
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A major South Korean business lobby said Monday it has joined industry groups around the world calling for an expansion of a World Trade Organization agreement on removing...
16:39 May. 16
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By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A crypto investor accused of trespassing at the apartment of Do Kwon, co-founder and CEO of T...
16:10 May. 16
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Standard Chartered Bank Korea said Monday its first-quarter net profit soared more than 50 percent from a year ago on solid interest revenue.
Consolidated net profit st...
15:55 May. 16
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A crypto investor accused of ringing the doorbell of the house of Do Kwon, co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, underwent a police investigation in Seoul o...
15:32 May. 16
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SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean airlines are set to impose record fuel surcharges on international routes in June in the wake of soaring jet fu...
15:20 May. 16
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- New South Korean Land Minister Won Hee-ryong vowed Monday to announce soon a detailed road map for providing more than 2.5 million new homes with a focus on increasing supp...
15:03 May. 16
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By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank chief said Monday he does not rule out the possibility of a 50-basis...
14:34 May. 16
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean airlines are set to impose record fuel surcharges on international routes in June in the wake of soaring jet fuel prices, industry sources said Monday.
St...
14:18 May. 16
May 17
1973 -- North Korea joins the World Health Organization. South Korea acquired membership in 1949.
1980 -- South Korea's then military government, led by Chun Doo-hwan, expands its enfo...
14:00 May. 16
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday.
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(LEAD) Yoon offers unsparing COVID-19 aid to N. Korea
SEOUL -- President Yoon Suk...
13:30 May. 16
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By Kim Soo-yeon
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank chief said Monday he does not rule out the possibility of a 50-basis-po...
11:30 May. 16
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- T'way Air said Monday it will open a Incheon-Singapore route later this month, becoming the first South Korean low-cost carrier that will serve the route.
T'way will us...
11:03 May. 16
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SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank chief on Monday did not rule out the possibility of a 50-b...
10:00 May. 16
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's main stock market saw its trading volume shrink more than 16 percent this month from a year earlier, data showed Monday, as investors remained on the sidelin...
09:39 May. 16
SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister and the central bank chief on Monday stressed the need for close policy coordination as the country's economy faces heightened uncertainty a...
08:14 May. 16
Our energy crisis is just beginning
The policy of phasing out of nuclear power by the Moon Jae-in government has exacted a high price from the public sector and our economy. Korea Electric Power C...
07:13 May. 16
Accept COVID-19 aid offer
North cannot tackle health crisis by going it alone
North Korea appears to be facing a more serious COVID-19 situation than previously thought. On Sunday, it reported 15 ...
07:13 May. 16
Unending sex scandals
Democratic Party to expel influential lawmaker for sex crime against aide
A sex scandal hit the Democratic Party of Korea again. The party decided Thursday to expel Rep. Park...
07:13 May. 16