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(ATTN: ADDS details; CORRECTS ranking in para 2) SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will look to pick up their second win of the ongoing regional World Cup qualifying round when they host Laos on Thursday night. The showdown between the 54th-r

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more details, minor changes in paras 2-3, 13-15) SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports shrank at the fastest pace in six years in August as global trade remained in the doldrums amid slumping oil

(ATTN: ADDS photo) By Kim Boram and Kim You Jin SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- KEB Hana Bank, the merged entity between Hana Bank and Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), began operations on Tuesday to become South Korea's leading commercial bank by assets. Ha

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- Five South Korean business tycoons saw their stock holdings soar more than 1 trillion won (US$845.7 million) in the past eight months on the back of a stock market rally, industry data showed Tuesday. Suh Kyung-bae, head

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead, 2nd para; ADDS more background info in para 3-4) SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its latest smartwatch with a round face on Tuesday as it pushes to shore up its presen

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court ruled Tuesday the government does not have to disclose the criminal records of U.S. soldiers whose jurisdiction has been given up by South Korea under the South Korea-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement. The

By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- When Samsung C&T Corp. and Cheil Industries Inc., two key units of South Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Group, got the green light from shareholders in July on their planned merger, most local media desc

By Kim Deok-hyun BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- China will use this week's massive military parade marking the end of World War II to show off its new machines of war, a show of force amid Beijing's increasingly assertive military actions in territoria

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to demand the retraction of a Japanese newspaper column that likens President Park Geun-hye to a former Korean empress slain by Japanese agents, a government official said Tuesday. Japanese conservative

SAO PAULO, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's popular TV animation series, "Pororo the Little Penguin," will begin broadcasting on a major Brazilian network, the broadcaster said Monday. The series will be shown under the translated title "Pororo, O

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 4-11) SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports tumbled nearly 15 percent on-year in August despite a series of government measures to boost trade, the government said Tuesday. Outbound shipments ca

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments in paras 5-6, 11-12) By Kim Boram and Kim You Jin SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- KEB Hana Bank, the merged entity between Hana Bank and Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), began operations on Tuesday to become South Korea's leading co

SAO PAULO, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's popular TV animation series, "Pororo the Little Penguin," will begin broadcasting on a major Brazilian network, the broadcaster said Monday. The series will be shown under the translated title "Pororo, O

By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- When Samsung C&T Corp. and Cheil Industries Inc., two key units of South Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Group, got the green light from shareholders in July on their planned merger, most local media desc

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 4-11) SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports tumbled nearly 15 percent on-year in August despite a series of government measures to boost trade, the government said Tuesday. Outbound shipments ca

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments in paras 5-6, 11-12) By Kim Boram and Kim You Jin SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- KEB Hana Bank, the merged entity between Hana Bank and Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), began operations on Tuesday to become South Korea's leading co

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will look to pick up their second win of the ongoing regional World Cup qualifying round when they host Laos Thursday night. The showdown between the 54th-ranked South Korea and the 117th-ranked Laos will kick

(ATTN: ADDS assessment by finance ministry in last 4 paras) SEJONG, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices grew less than 1 percent for the ninth month in a row in August, a government report showed Tuesday, as Asia's fourth-largest economy

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its latest smartwatch with a round shape in Germany on Tuesday, as the tech firm pushes to shore up its presence in the global smartwatch market amid competition from r

(ATTN: UPDATES with S. Korea's statement; CHANGES headline, dateline) SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- Top South Korean and U.S. diplomats have agreed that China's "constructive" role is of importance for peace and security on the Korean Peninsul

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Mart Co. has started its first drive-thru service in Seoul to allow customers to order products online and pick them up offline, joining the global trend for digital shopping to boost customer convenience, the retail ch

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign assets reached a record high in the second quarter of the year on more investments in overseas securities and increased foreign exchange reserves, government data showed Tuesday. According to the dat

By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- The merged entity of two key Samsung Group units made its official launch in South Korea on Tuesday, after repelling a slew of legal challenges from a U.S. hedge fund that opposed the merger and garnering

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, comments from para 3) SEJONG, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices grew less than 1 percent for the ninth month in a row in August, a government report showed Tuesday, as Asia's fourth-largest economy gra