SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — South Korean golfer Choi Na-yeon, who counts nine LPGA titles among her 15 career wins, announced her retirement Wednesday at age 34. “After a long deliberation, I have made a...
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — K-pop boy group NCT 127 will appear on U.S. broadcaster ABC’s “Good Morning America” next week to showcase its new single, the band’s agency said Wednesday. NCT will perform “2...
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s state power utility said Wednesday it plans to increase coal-fired electricity generation temporarily this year in an effort to cut costs and boost financial health. Korea Electric Power...
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency, at 11:00 a.m. Term Today (%) Previous Session (%)...
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — Foreign direct investment (FDI) pledges to South Korea rose 18.2 percent on-year during the first nine months of this year on the solid growth in investment in such advanced sectors...
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier will be redeployed to the waters east of South Korea in a show of the allies’ readiness to deal with North Korea’s provocation, Seoul’s military...
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — South Korean stocks turned to losses Wednesday morning, despite solid overnight gains on Wall Street, amid lingering fears of a global economic slowdown over aggressive monetary tightening by major countries....
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — For the first time since 1996, the South Korean baseball postseason will be without either the Doosan Bears or the Samsung Lions. The Bears’ record streak of consecutive Korean Series...
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. said Wednesday it has set up two independent in-house companies to accelerate battery swap and energy management services. It has launched KooRoo to take the lead...
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s state research institute said Wednesday that it has built the country’s deepest underground research facility in a move to unlock the mysteries of the universe. The Yemi Lab...
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s inflation is expected to remain high in the 5-6 percent range for a considerable time, a ranking central bank official said Wednesday, citing upward rises in the energy...
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will depart for Chile next week for a three-nation trip that will also take him to Uruguay and Argentina, as Seoul seeks to bolster economic cooperation...