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SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will halt its anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts at the border with North Korea as the two Koreas agreed on ways to defuse heightened military tension, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. Ending four-day hi

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BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- A top North Korean official, Choe Ryong-hae, will visit China early next month to attend events marking the end of World War II, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming said Tuesday. Choe is among the foreign guests t

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will send a high-level military delegation to China's upcoming military parade marking the end of World War II, a Chinese organizer of the parade said Tuesday. Qu Rui, deputy director of the Office of the Pa

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by Park) By Kim Kwang-tae SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea produced an agreement on defusing heightened tensions, Seoul's top negotiator said Tuesday, in a dramatic breakthrough after days of intensive hig

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by Park) By Kim Kwang-tae SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea produced an agreement on defusing heightened tensions, Seoul's top negotiator said Tuesday, in a dramatic breakthrough after days of intensive hig

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BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- A top North Korean official, Choe Ryong-hae, will visit China early next month to attend events marking the end of World War II, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming said Tuesday. Choe is among the foreign guests t

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's business community welcomed a landmark deal Tuesday on defusing inter-Korean tensions, pledging to rev up efforts to expand economic ties with North Korea. After days of intensive high-level talks, the Korea

(ATTN: UPDATES figures in para 2; ADDS won-yen rate in last 4 paras) SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won rebounded from its five-year low against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as the two Koreas agreed to defuse tensions on the peninsula earli

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's business community welcomed a landmark deal Tuesday on defusing inter-Korean tensions, pledging to rev up efforts to expand economic ties with North Korea. After days of intensive high-level talks, the Korea

(ATTN: ADDS photo, share price and background info in para 9 and last two paras) By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean chip giant SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it will spend 46 trillion won (US$38.2 billion) to build three new semi

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly Tuesday approved President Park Geun-hye's new pick for health minister. Chung Chin-youb, a professor at Seoul National University hospital in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, just south of Seoul, won the

(ATTN: ADDS finance ministry's plan to monitor market in para 7, last two paras) By Kim Boram SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator pledged Tuesday to take pre-emptive measures to cushion the fallout from a global stock rou

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold an exposition in China to further promote the popularity of its culture there, riding on the recent successes of Korean TV shows in the world's second-largest economy, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly Tuesday approved President Park Geun-hye's new pick for health minister. Chung Chin-youb, a professor at Seoul National University hospital in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, just south of Seoul, won the

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold an exposition in China to further promote the popularity of its culture there, riding on the recent successes of Korean TV shows in the world's second-largest economy, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- About 50 North Korean submarines that had been moved to the frontline amid heightened military tension are now returning to their home bases, a military source said after the two Koreas reached a deal. More than 50 out of

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, ADDS more quotes in 7-11 paras) SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- Both ruling and opposition parties were united Tuesday in welcoming a landmark agreement between the two Koreas that ended the latest military stand-off and called for

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a weak start on Tuesday as overnight losses in the U.S. stock market and persistent concerns over China's growth continued to nag investors, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stoc