South Korean stocks fell more than 3 percent Monday after the three-day Lunar New Year holiday with investors concerned about a possible U.S. recession, analysts said. The local currency .. [Feb.11,2008 17:17 KST]

Amid widespread pessimism that President-elect Lee Myung-bak’s annual seven percent economic growth rate target may not be achievable due to economic woes at home and abroad, global investment b.. [Feb.11,2008 10:39 KST]

South Korea sees the resolution of a beef trade spat with the United States as a key to winning U.S. Congressional approval of a free trade agreement that the two countries signed last Jun.. [Feb.4,2008 23:41 KST]

President-elect Lee Myung-bak said Monday South Korea's snowballing tourism deficit should not be neglected any longer, urging industry executives to redouble efforts to attract foreign tourist.. [Feb.4,2008 23:39 KST]

South Korea's state-run asset management company said Monday it plans to set up a large-scale fund with domestic pension funds and financial institutions to tap U.S. debt markets. The Korea .. [Feb.4,2008 23:38 KST]

South Korea's top lender Kookmin Bank said Monday its fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled as it put aside less provisions for risky household loans than it did a year earlier. Net income am.. [Feb.4,2008 23:36 KST]

The National Tax Service has launched an audit of Kim & Chang, the nation’s largest law firm, for the first time in more than a decade. However it is questionable whether the service and contingen.. [Feb.4,2008 10:44 KST]

A Seoul court Friday found the U.S. private equity firm Lone Star Funds guilty of stock manipulation in the controversial takeover of the credit card unit of the Korea Exchange Bank in 2003. .. [Feb.1,2008 20:14 KST]

The nation’s largest conglomerate has been driven into a corner due to a series of negative events, including allegations that it created illegal slush funds, its involvement in the Taean oil spil.. [Feb.1,2008 11:55 KST]

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea's state-run power company, said Wednesday a consortium led by KEPCO has signed a 14 billion won (US$14.8 million) deal with Canadian uranium explo.. [Jan.30,2008 14:16 KST]