Topic: Yonhap News Agency
President Lee Myung-bak called for rooting out school violence and exercising greater parental oversight during a meeting with education groups ...
Kim Eun-seok, the foreign ministry's ambassador for energy and resources, was relieved of his post Friday over allegations that he played a key...
Korean investors cut back their holdings of foreign equities last year primarily due to the angst over global uncertainties stemming from the...
The number of female workers in Korea exceeded 10 million for the first time in 2011 due to the growing female population and a higher number of ...
Korea's current account balance is feared to swing into the red in January due to a large deficit in trade and service accounts stemming from high...
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday proclaimed an ordinance to protect the human rights of students, which have been at the center of...
South Korea's military will put more women in the frontline as part of efforts to expand their opportunities in the armed forces, an official said Thursday.Boo Jae-Won, head of the defence ministry's personnel planning bureau, said 12 combat branches ...
South Korea's central bank head on Friday issued a fresh warning over the country's growing mountain of personal debt, a day after local banks suspended most loans to individuals."The volume of household debt is too large and it's ...
South Korea's central bank Thursday kept the key interest rate unchanged for August at 3.25 percent for the second straight month as global economic uncertainties overwhelmed inflation woes.The Bank of Korea (BOK) held steady the benchmark seven-day repo rate ...
South Korean scientists said on Wednesday they have created a glowing dog using a cloning technique that could help find cures for human diseases...