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The security situation on the Korean Peninsula is still serious after North Korea's recent missile launch and its defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, South Korea has said.

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May 21 - The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has announced the first ever AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) bout will take place on July 19 at Jeju Island in South Korea prior to the official launch of the competition next year.

South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) coleader and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said in comments reported Tuesday, days after provoking a storm by labeling sex slaves a military nec...

SEOUL, South Korea -- FC Seoul advanced to the Asian Champions League quarterfinals for the third time in five years Tuesday, while Buriram United became the first Thai team to reach the last eight in 10 years.Seoul scored three second-half goals to ...

China's Beijing Guoan forward Frederic Kanoute (in green) competes for the ball with South Korea's FC Seoul defender Adilson during their AFC Champions League round of 16 match in Seoul on Tuesday.

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Thai qualifiers Buriram United held off Uzbek giants Bunyodkor to reach the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday as FC Seoul beat nine-man Beijing Guoan 3-1.Buriram weathered waves of attack in Tashkent for a 0-0 draw and ...

SEOUL -- South Korea says it will never accept rival North Korea as a nuclear-weapons state.

South Korea's financial regulator said Tuesday that it will write off debts held by joint sureties during the 1997 Asian foreign exchange crisis as part of efforts to help the sureties escape from financial difficulties coming from other parties...

Tue May 21, 2013 4:50am EDT (Corrects values in 2nd paragraph) * May 1-20 exports fall 3.8 pct y/y - customs data * Exports almost flat after adjustment for calendar effects * Data shows little impact so far from yen's plunge By Choonsik Yoo SEOU...

The Ethiopian Airlines is to begin four flights per week to Incheon International Airport of Seoul, Republic of Korea as of 18 June 2013.

Seoul, May 21 (BNA) - South Korea has reported the first confirmed case of a person infected with a tick-born virus in the country following reports of deaths in China and Japan, the state-run disease control agency said Tuesday.

South Korea's corporate bankruptcies rebounded last month from a record low due to a reduction in policy fund offer, central bank data showed Tuesday.The number of companies that went belly-up jumped to 89 in April from a record low of 69 in Mar...

South Korea planned to spend around 47 billion won ($40 million) over the next six years in helping companies develop graphene that will be used to make touch screen panels and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, the Commerce Ministry said Tu...

SEOUL | Tue May 21, 2013 12:47am EDT SEOUL May 21 (Reuters) - South Korea's GS Engineering & Construction said on Tuesday it had received an order worth 1.16 trillion won ($1.04 billion) from Turkey to build a refinery plant. It said in ...