S.Korea Q2 economic growth at slowest in more than a year

(For full story, please click ) SEOUL, July 24 (Reuters) - Following are details of the advance estimates of South Korea's gross domestic product for the April-June period from the central bank, the Bank of Korea (change in percent, in real terms): ...

SEOUL — Tokyo Gov Yoichi Masuzoe on Wednesday arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit. It is the first visit to Seoul by a Tokyo governor since 1996. Masuzoe told reporters in Tokyo before his departure that he hoped his visit would help improve ...

Senior foreign ministry officials from Japan and South Korea met in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss a wide range of issues between the 2 countries. The Japanese side was led by Junichi Ihara, the chief of the foreign ministry's Asian and Oceanian ...

AFP SEOUL -- South Korea's police force was pilloried as doltish and incompetent Wednesday after announcing that a body found six weeks ago was that of a fugitive tycoon at the heart of a months-long manhunt. Most major newspapers carried articles ...

The Seoul Metropolitan city government is reviewing a ban on smartphone app-based private taxi service "Uber" for fear of passenger safety and personal information breaches through the user's smartphone. The city government said this on July 21 as ...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye's new nominee for education minister faced growing allegations of ethical lapses on Wednesday, including claims he diverted time away from his mandatory military service to study for a doctoral ...

Ki Dong-min, the main opposition candidate running for the parliamentary seat up for grabs in Seoul's Dongjak B District in the July 30 by-elections, met with the Justice Party's Roh Hoe-chan, who is also vying for the spot, yesterday to discuss a ...

SEOUL Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe told Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Wednesday that he hopes to promote dialogue and cooperation with the South Korean capital to help improve their countries ties, soured over territorial and historical disputes. We ...

Circumstances have emerged indicating that a member of Seoul`s Gangseo District council whose name appeared on a diary of a wealthy victim of a murder allegedly abetted by Seoul City Council member Kim Hyung-sik sought for the zoning change in an ...