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(ATTN: CHANGES headline and lead; CORRECTS information throughout) SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man who had just returned from a four-month business trip to Iraq died after showing symptoms resembling those of Middle East Respiratory Syn

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- The government's tax cut on fuel products drove down the cost of fuel on the first day it took effect, an oil prices information service said Tuesday. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said last week it would temporaril

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- CJ CGV Vietnam Holdings Co. has canceled its initial public offering (IPO) plan in Vietnam as a survey showed it will be hard pressed to meet its fund-raising target due to low demand for its shares, its parent company here sa

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man who had just returned from a four-month business trip to Iraq died after showing symptoms resembling those of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Incheon City authorities said Tuesday. The 60-year-

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- The Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N. Command (UNC) agreed Tuesday to draw up joint "rules of interaction" governing their guard duty in a disarmed Joint Security Area (JSA) in th

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SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- A shocking allegation of exam cheating at an elite high school in southern Seoul has unleashed a storm of anger among South Koreans, adding to deep-seated mistrust over competition-centered public education. Police are pro

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon apologized Tuesday for the sexual violence committed by soldiers during their brutal crackdown on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju. A fact-finding committee compr

SEJONG, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's chief economic policymaker said Tuesday that the government will take stronger measures if home prices do not stabilize. In September, the government said it will levy tougher taxes than originally planned a

(ATTN: UPDATES with U.S. military leader's remarks, other details from 7th para) SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top envoy on the denuclearization of North Korea will likely travel to the United States soon after its high-level talks with Nort

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- More than half of South Korea's monetary policy panel members were in favor of monetary normalization to ease the financial imbalance caused by low borrowing costs, according to minutes from the central bank's recent meeting s

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- The head of the financial regulator said Tuesday there is a need to "seriously" consider abolishing a tax on stock transactions amid a sharp decline in the nation's equity markets. Choi Jong-ku, chairman of the Financial

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean novelist Kim Un-su's latest book, the French edition of "Jab!," has been getting a good reception in France, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) said Tuesday. The collection of six short

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended higher Tuesday fueled by late buying ahead of the midterm elections in the United States. The local currency weakened against the U.S. dollar. Th

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top envoy on the denuclearization of North Korea will likely travel to the United States soon after its high-level talks with North Korea in New York later this week, officials here said Tuesday. Secretary of

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SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- A team of South Korean officials visited Tehran on the weekend, just before the U.S. announcement of waivers on its Iranian oil embargo, and offered a detailed briefing on Seoul's related agreement with Washington, a diplomati

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean online gaming giant Nexon Korea Co. said Tuesday that it will showcase 14 new games at the country's largest computing game expo, which is slated for later this month. The G-Star Global Game Exhibition, which

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Nexen Heroes' All-Star outfielder Lee Jung-hoo will undergo a shoulder operation this week and will miss about six months of action, his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club announced Tuesday. The Heroes said Lee will ha

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended higher Tuesday fueled by late buying ahead of the midterm elections in the United States. The local currency weakened against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Minister of Unification Cho Myoung-gyon on Tuesday requested that next year's budget for the Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund be increased by 8.5 billion won (US$7.56 million) to facilitate inter-Korean family reunions via video.

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea's second-largest airline by sales, said Tuesday its third-quarter net profit skyrocketed 181 percent on improved financial status. Net profit in the July-September period came to 47.8 bil

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- A U.S.-headquartered law firm has been authorized to set up an office in South Korea to become the 30th foreign law firm to have a presence here since the country opened its legal market in 2011, the justice ministry said Tues

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Boy band Super Junior expressed gratitude to the group's fans and asked for their continued support in a video message marking the 13th anniversary of its debut Tuesday. "We were able to be loved for 13 years because you f

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry on Tuesday welcomed the United States granting it a temporary waiver on its Iranian crude oil purchases, vowing support for local companies to minimize the sanctions' impact on the local economy.