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(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 4-5) SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Two people were killed and 16 others hurt following a pileup on Sunday on the northbound highway linking Seoul to the port city of Busan, police said. Six passenger cars and

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's No. 1 discount retail outlet E-Mart said Sunday that it will expand work with a leading K-pop agency to market products that can attract young shoppers. The chain store, a key affiliate of retailer Shinsegae

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Two people were killed and 16 others hurt following a pileup on Sunday on the northbound highway linking Seoul to the port city of Busan, police said. Six passenger cars and a bus were involved in the crash on the Gyeongbu H

(ATTN: RECASTS 3rd para to clarify Lee's allegations largely have to do with prior knowledge or negligence; UPDATES with more information, minor changes in para 4-6) SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The liberal opposition People's Party saw its crisis worsen

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday that it will adopt its energy efficient and quiet compressors on all new refrigerators this year. The global home appliance manufacturer said its top-of-the-line inverter linear compressor w

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korean stalls in Pyongyang dealing videos are selling American-made animated films, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported Sunday, citing the Russian Embassy in the North Korean capital. According to the Washington-based med

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in continued to enjoy record high approval ratings this week, though the outcome of the latest poll released Sunday showed a slight drop. According to the poll conducted by the Korea Society Opinion Inst

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has the fewest out-of-wedlock childbirths among developed market economies with high income, a central bank report said Sunday. The result of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) fi

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Women accounted for 1 out of 5 employees at South Korea's top 600 companies as the country moves to take full advantage of talented workers irrespective of their gender, a local think tank said Sunday. The finding that exc

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Galaxy S8, the South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co.'s flagship smartphone, has been rated as the No. 1 smartphone in the U.S. market, industry tracker Strategy Analytics said Sunday. The industry tracker

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won recently met with government officials in China to discuss possible investments in a variety of business sectors, the company said Sunday. On Friday, SK Chairman Chey had meetings with offici

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The liberal opposition People's Party saw its crisis worsen Sunday after the prosecution filed for an arrest warrant for its official and key campaigner of its standard-bearer in the latest presidential election over an eviden

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The number of people who switched their mobile carriers in the first two days following the launch of the refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition (FE) reached 44,000, industry data showed Sunday. The total who transfer

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Workers hired by South Korean shipbuilders, aircraft and train manufacturers plunged 24 percent last month amid sector-wide restructuring and low market demand, the labor ministry said Sunday. The number of workers who ha

JEJU, South Korea, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The impact from China's measure to place a ban on all group tours to South Korea in response to Seoul's decision to deploy a U.S.-led missile system has remained felt by businesses on South Korea's southern resort

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run pension fund has increased its holdings in three spinoff companies of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., data provided by a local market research showed Sunday. According to FnGuide Inc., the National Pe

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., South Korea's biggest shipping line by sales, said Sunday it will work with a Vietnamese company on a port development project in the Southeast Asian country. Hyundai Merchant Marine signed an

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's parliamentary speaker on Sunday called for efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, noting sanctions alone cannot ensure peace on the Korean Peninsula. "North Korea's continued military provocations are a

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade commission said Sunday that it has formally started a probe on coated printing paper from Japan, China and Finland to check if the imports unfairly undercut prices. The Korea Trade Commission (KTC) that

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Cybersecurity agencies are urged to work together to better counter growing cyberattacks, the chief of the country's state-run cybersecurity body said, stressing it should be given more power to sternly deal with security conc

SEJONG, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade mediation agency resolved 41.4 billion won (US$35.8 million) worth of unfair contracts through arbitrations during the first six months of the year, the corporate watchdog said Sunday. The Korea Fair T

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's 10 biggest family-owned conglomerates accounted for more than half of market capitalization last week, the main bourse operator said Sunday. As of Thursday, the combined market capitalization of the country'

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Consumer sentiment among low-income earners have deteriorated despite upbeat forecasts fueled by strong exports and public expectations that the new Moon Jae-in administration will help propel growth, official data showed Sund

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator said Sunday it is considering adopting a system to supervise banks when they raise service charges. The move is part of President Moon Jae-in's pledges to help relieve the financial burde

By Shim Sun-ah and Lee Jung-hyon SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- K-pop agencies and television networks have recently been actively pursuing collaboration projects in their desperate efforts to create more fresh content. From the cable TV channel Mnet's n