The multiple layers of free trade arrangements in East Asia, which are expected to be in the spotlight at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit and related meetings on Wednesday, prove that the economies in the world's most dynamic region are necessarily driven toward closer integration.
South Korean shares rose for three straight sessions Monday after negotiations for the China-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) reached a substantive conclusion.
South Korea's central bank said Monday that it has picked 12 local and foreign banks as market makers for the direct trading between currencies of South Korea and China to boost transactions in the Won-Yuan market, which is scheduled to be launched here in December.
DPRK to reconsider high-level talks with S.Korea for anti-DPRK leaflets
Possibilities cannot be ruled out that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has recently heightened tensions near the inter-Korean border area to protest against South Korean civic groups flying anti-DPRK leaflets across the border, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday.
The DPRK on Sunday repeated the call for South Korea to stop reckless moves, in particular scattering anti-DPRK leaflets, which could chill the current atmosphere for improving north-south relations.
Top leader Kim Jong Un's rule over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) seemed to be in a normal operation, South Korea's Unification Ministry said Friday amid growing speculation over Kim's health disorder.
Roundup: S. Korea, DPRK trade warning fires near sea border amid reconciliatory mood
South Korea's defense chief said Tuesday that if the United States deploys its advanced missile- defense system on the Korean Peninsula, it would help his country' s security and defense.
A top-level delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) arrived in South Korea's western port city of Incheon in a rare visit on Saturday, rekindling hopes for a breakthrough in ties between the two sides.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday denounced South Korean President Park Geun-hye for "denying all concluded agreements between the north and south and keeping escalating confrontation" between the two sides.
Senior diplomats from South Korea and Japan will hold talks about the imperialistic Japan's sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, South Korea's foreign ministry said Thursday.
South Korea's import prices fell for the sixth straight month amid lower global oil prices, indicating low inflationary pressures for the time being, central bank data showed Monday.
The DPRK will send a 262-member delegation to the 2014 Incheon Asian Games in six flights from DPRK airlines, the Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee said in a press release on Wednesday.
South Korea's top diplomat said Wednesday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has recently taken active diplomatic moves to break from isolation and reduce economic difficulties.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has decided not to send any cheering squad to South Korea for the upcoming Incheon Asian Games next month, a senior official said Thursday.
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