23 July 2008, 9:02 pm
SEOUL (AFP)--South Korea Thursday urged civic groups to cancel visits to North Korea in a further sign of worsening relations after the fatal shooting of a Seoul tourist in the communist state.... read more
23 July 2008, 8:33 pm
SEOUL, South Korea - Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest memory chip manufacturer, said Thursday it will close its only U.S. factory amid changes in production standards and steep price declines buffeting the industry.... read more
23 July 2008, 7:48 pm
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- An official from South Korea's spy agency says five South Koreans have been kidnapped in Mexico.... read more
23 July 2008, 5:52 pm
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will soon launch a review to decide whether to approve a $6.3 billion deal by U.S. private equity firm Lone Star to sell its 51 percent stake in Korea Exchange Bank to HSBC, a local paper reported Thursday.... read more
23 July 2008, 5:30 pm
SEOUL: Thousands of Olympic athletes trying to escape Beijing's notorious pollution have set their sights on nearby South Korea for training sessions.... read more
23 July 2008, 3:18 pm
July 24 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea's economy probably expanded in the second quarter at the same pace as the first as export gains made up for cooling consumer and business spending.... read more