Kyonggi-do, South Korea News

STX Pan Ocean Co. , South Korea 's largest commodities-shipping company, slumped to the lowest level in Seoul trading since its listing after a court accepted its application to seek protection.

The foreign ministries of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will hold a strategic dialogue on Wednesday in Beijing.

After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No.

South Korean and US military and government officials will conduct a joint tabletop exercise this week to enhance their ability to address bioterrorism activities, South Korean media quoted the country's Defense Ministry as saying Monday.

Samsung plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday.

Hope that a Korean consortium, led by the Incheon International Airport Corp., could win the first deal to build an international airport overseas this month is rising as the government is developing a package of programs to support the deal.

The recently launched XP941 by Samsung is an Ultrabook that is so speedy that it leaves the sprinting SATA SSDs behind.

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The fifth edition of the Chinese Film Festival got underway on Sunday and will run concurrently in Seoul and Busan until Thursday.

Seoul shares may edge lower on Monday after Wall Street's drop on Friday and as investors stay on the sidelines ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate-setting meeting which is expected to clarify its policy outlook.

The fallout from the announcement 10 days ago that the STX Pan Ocean Shipping Co had filed for receivership, has begun.

People walk past a roadside propaganda billboard Sunday promoting the 'military first' policy and a boost to build the country's economy in Pyongyang, North Korea.

The front entrance of Korea's Diplomatic Duty-Free Shop on the second floor of a building in southern Seoul on Tuesday displays a sign advising patrons that shopping here is for diplomats only.

China's increasing assertiveness and Japan's sense of insecurity would further spur nationalism in Northeast Asia, hampering the region from achieving huge potential gains from mutual cooperation, a renowned foreign policy analyst said.

South Korea is strengthening supervision of foreign exchange transactions as President Park Geun Hye broadens her country's part in a global crackdown against tax evasion .

The trade mission that helped launch United Airlines' nonstop Denver-Tokyo flight attained its short-term goal of creating a critical mass of people needed to make an impression in the monstrous city, but it has only begun the long-term work of maintaining enough momentum to sustain the flight.

South Korea's Lotte World has announced plans to introduce the world's first upscale ticketing experience at a major theme park.

Cho Hyun-ah, the daughter of Hanjin Group chairman Cho Yang-ho and executive vice president of Korean Air, is suing three people for defamation over allegations that she abruptly relocated to the U.S. to have her babies there.

SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday made a fresh vow to build up its nuclear deterrent in the face of "threats of war" from the United States and a "policy of confrontation" from the South.

And finishing things off with the first round of the 2013 U.S. Open in the PGA. It's just the first round, but we've already seen some big names take over the top spots on the leaderboard ... Planned high-level talks between South and North Korean after a six-year hiatus and threats of war were scrapped on Tuesday, South Korean government officials ... (more)