SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Friday it has officially set its tariff on imported rice exceeding a quota at 513 percent, ending its yearslong tariffication process for the nation's ke...
09:56 Jan. 22
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry said Friday that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled in favor of Seoul in its lawsuit against the United States c...
01:00 Jan. 22
SUWON, South Korea, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- A local court on Thursday acquitted a former factory automation supplier of Samsung Display and nine people, including the supplier's former CEO, who were al...
17:24 Jan. 21
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade commission decided Thursday to uphold the existing anti-dumping tariff on imported Chinese H-shaped steel beams.
The move will e...
15:16 Jan. 21
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- Lock&lock Co. on Thursday reported its 2020 net profit of 11.3 billion won (US$10.2 million), down 31.3 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory f...
14:59 Jan. 21
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- Lock&lock Co. on Thursday reported its fourth-quarter net income of 2.8 billion won (US$2.5 million), down 44.1 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regu...
14:59 Jan. 21
Jan. 22
1990 -- The ruling Democratic Justice Party, led by President Roh Tae-Woo, and two conservative opposition parties, the Reunification Democratic Party headed by Kim Young-sam and the Ne...
14:00 Jan. 21
SEJONG, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The number of beef cattle in South Korea rose nearly 4 percent in the fourth quarter of the year on increased beef consumption, government data showed Thursday.
Asia'...
13:48 Jan. 21
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.
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(LEAD) Moon sends congrats message to Biden, vows cooperation in peace drive
S...
13:30 Jan. 21
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agricultural ministry said Thursday it has completed culling 19.9 million poultry since late November as the country continues to raise i...
11:08 Jan. 21
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- Local retail sales of processed rice products shot up nearly 11 percent in 2019 from a year earlier due to the growing demand from single-member househ...
11:00 Jan. 21
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SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports rose 10.6 percent on-year in the first 20 days of January on the back of r...
09:24 Jan. 21
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports rose 10.6 percent on-year in the first 20 days of January, customs data showed Thursday, amid the prolonged fallout from the new coronavirus outbrea...
08:57 Jan. 21
Wrong choice for top envoy
In a partial cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, President Moon Jae-in replaced Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha with Chung Eui-yong, former director of the National Securit...
07:08 Jan. 21
Bid to restart talks
Former adviser tapped as foreign minister
President Moon Jae-in tapped former national security adviser Chung Eui-yong as his new foreign minister Wednesday, replacing Kang K...
07:07 Jan. 21
Risky response
Moon says Seoul can talk with Pyongyang about U.S.-Korea joint military exercises
President Moon Jae-in said in his New Year's press conference that South Korea could discuss the jo...
07:07 Jan. 21
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Jan. 21.
Korean-language dailies
-- Chung Eui-yong picked as new foreign minister as Biden takes ...
07:04 Jan. 21
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's producer prices rose 0.7 percent on month in December last year, aided by a modest rise in prices of farm goods, central bank data showed Thursday.
The ...
06:00 Jan. 21
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to have a positive impact on South Korea's exports as he pledged to reverse the Trump administration's prot...
04:00 Jan. 21
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday.
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(2nd LD) Moon names Chung Eui-yong as foreign minister, picks new culture, SMEs...
17:16 Jan. 20