SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - South Korean shares retreated from Monday's strong rally at midday on Tuesday as investors dumped high-techs, including Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, on fears their earnings may decline in the second half due to a
SEOUL, July 22 (Reuters) - South Korea plans to privatise Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co <042660.KS> and other firms competing directly with private companies 'immediately', its finance minister said on Tuesday.
SEOUL -- South Korea plans to privatise Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co and other firms competing directly with private companies 'immediately', its finance minister has said.
Top officials from the government and the ruling Grand National Party over the weekend announced a project to make the Dokdo islets 'habitable,' as part of efforts to resist Japan's latest sovereignty claim.
More than half of Korea's citizens approve of the 'conditional' dual citizenship which the government wants to introduce to attract foreign professionals and to reduce brain drain, a survey released yesterday showed.