SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Tuesday that it has signed an 87.5 billion won (US$79 million) deal with a Korean shipper KSS Line Ltd. to build a liqu...
17:42 Jan. 19
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday.
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(2nd LD) New infection cases under 400 for 2nd day; virus curve sliding downhill ...
17:30 Jan. 19
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. said Tuesday their combined market share exceeded 7 percent for the first time in the European market last year as they fared be...
17:17 Jan. 19
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. are expected to post double-digit growth in their fourth-quarter operating profit, helped by robust domestic sales despite the c...
15:41 Jan. 19
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SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will closely monitor a potential increase in volatility of the financial markets as the yield spread between short ...
15:10 Jan. 19
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run lenders and SK hynix Inc. signed an agreement to provide US$3 billion in loans to support mergers and acquisitions by the world's second-biggest m...
15:00 Jan. 19
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) saw their exports inch down in 2020 from a year earlier despite the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Tuesday...
14:06 Jan. 19
By Choi Kyong-ae
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The head of a top U.S. business lobby called Tuesday for South Korea to lower corporate tax rates and seek policy stability to make the Asian country an ...
14:05 Jan. 19
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance ministry said Tuesday it will carefully manage ample liquidity this year to prevent idle money from causing asset bubbles and increasing household d...
12:00 Jan. 19
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- Financial authorities plan to review mortgage loans with a maximum term of 40 years to help young people buy their first homes, officials said Tuesday.
Financial Serv...
12:00 Jan. 19
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Tuesday it has decided to ease the existing anti-graft law over the upcoming Lunar New Year's holiday in order to help boost local dem...
11:30 Jan. 19
By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI), a producer of portable fuel cell power packs for drones, said Tuesday that it has teamed up with the local shipbuildin...
11:17 Jan. 19
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry vowed Tuesday to make more progress in expanding trade pacts with counterparts from Central and South America this year, i...
11:00 Jan. 19
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agricultural ministry said Tuesday it is investigating two suspected cases of highly pathogenic bird flu from poultry farms as the countr...
10:36 Jan. 19
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will closely monitor a potential increase in volatility of the financial markets as the yield spread between short and long-term state bonds is increasing, th...
09:11 Jan. 19
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean exports to Japan shrank nearly 12 percent in 2020 from a year earlier due to the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday.
Overseas shipme...
08:01 Jan. 19
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By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agricultural ministry said Monday it has completed destroying 18.8 million poultry to prevent t...
22:43 Jan. 18
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agricultural ministry said Monday it has completed destroying 18.8 million poultry to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic bird flu am...
17:42 Jan. 18
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SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Monday, in a retrial of a bribe...
17:19 Jan. 18
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SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Monday sentenced Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong to 2 1/2 years in prison in a retrial of a...
15:29 Jan. 18