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(RTTNews) - The US dollar that climbed to a 13-day high of 1025.85 against the South Korean won at about 5:40 pm ET, weakened thereafter. The dollar touched 1015.65 against the won at about 8:10 pm Eastern Time Monday.
SEOUL (Reuters) - Sputtering talks on ending North Korea's nuclear plans will gain a higher profile this week with an unprecedented meeting of ministers, but lingering questions on the North's ambitions threaten to drag the process down.
Seoul - A South Korean tourist shot dead when she apparently wandered into a North Korean military area was likely killed by a 17-year-old North Korean army recruit, a newspaper said.
the Bank of Korea announced that the South Korean outstanding household loans by commercial and non-banking financial institutions rose 0.9% from the prior month to 489.6 trillion won at the end of May.