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Apple's iPhone6 drags Samsung profits down

Samsung reported its smallest quarterly profit in nearly three years Thursday as its key smartphone…

Hyundai Motor net profit plunges

South Korea's largest automaker, Hyundai Motor, posted a sharp drop Thursday of nearly 30 percent…

South Korea detains American swimming to North Korea

South Korean soldiers have detained a US citizen who was trying to swim across the…

China tells Seoul message apps Kakao, others, blocked to curb terrorists

China has confirmed its decision to block popular foreign messaging services like Kakao and Line…

S. Korea defence chief apologises for bullied conscript death‎

SEOUL - South Korean Defence Minister Han Min-Koo apologised Monday and the presidential Blue House…

Hijacked Singaporean ship released off Nigeria waters – Seoul

A hijacked Singaporean oil tanker carrying 21 sailors was released on Sunday off Nigeria waters,…

S. Korea's Winter Olympics chief quits

The head of the organising committee for South Korea's 2018 Winter Olympics resigned Monday, amid…

Three months later, body recovered from Korea ferry

Divers retrieved another body Friday from the site of South Korea's ferry disaster -- the…

North Korea fires 100 artillery shells into sea

North Korea fired 100 artillery shells into the sea Monday in a live-fire drill near…

N. Korea wants talks on Asiad delegation to South

SEOUL - North Korea on Thursday proposed working talks with South Korea as it prepares…