SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade surplus grew significantly from a year earlier in October on robust exports, the government said Tuesday.The country's trade surplus reached US$4.3 billion last month, up from $2.67 billion a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.E

Nov. 1, 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's interim leadership has chosen an electronics engineer from Tripoli as the country's new prime minister.Abdel-Rahim al-Keeb was chosen Monday by 51 members of the National Transitional Council and will appoint a new Cabinet in coming days. The new government is to

World News Nov. 1, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's first-ever female prime minister was acquitted on Monday of receiving illegal political funds, a decision expected to help her clear barriers to her political aspirations.Han Myeong-sook, who worked as prime minister between 2006 and 2007 under the late liber

Politics Oct. 31, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. clinched a combined 50 percent share of the U.S. TV market in the July-September period, an industry report showed Monday, thanks to strong demand for their premium TVs with 3D features and Web connectivity.  It marked t

Technology Oct. 31, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's credit card spending increased nearly 10 percent in the first half of this year from a year earlier, data showed Monday, raising concerns over a possible recurrence of a credit card bubble.Credit card spending by South Koreans reached 261.7 trillion won ($237

Oct. 31, 2011

Long-term, daily doses of aspirin led to a fall of some 60 percent in cases of colorectal cancer among people with an inherited risk of this disease, the journal The Lancet reported on Friday.The trial -- considered to be broad in sample and long in duration -- confirms evidence elsewhere that aspir

Technology Oct. 28, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of the joint communique issued after the 43rd South Korea-U.S. Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul Friday.1. The 43rd Republic of Korea-United States Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) was held in Seoul on October 28, 2011. ROK Minister o

Defense Oct. 28, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Defense chiefs of South Korea and the U.S. on Friday agreed to pursue a joint operational plan to counter potential provocations by North Korea at their annual bilateral security meeting in Seoul.After the 43rd Security Consultative Meeting (SCM), South Korean Defense Mini

Defense Oct. 28, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks got off to a strong start on Friday, tracking overnight rallies on Wall Street, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) soared 33.79 points, or 1.76 percent, to 1,955.83 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Financial shares,

Oct. 28, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What did giant plant-munching dinosaurs do when they couldn't find enough to eat in the parched American West? They hit the road. An analysis of fossilized teeth adds further evidence that the long-necked dinosaurs called sauropods — the largest land creatures —

Technology Oct. 28, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's current account surplus jumped more than 10-fold in September from the previous month on brisk exports, the central bank said Friday, showing that overseas shipments are weathering global economic uncertainty.The current account surplus reached US$3.1 billion

Oct. 28, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — The Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a dangerous radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated, reaching 40 percent of the total from Chernobyl, a preliminary report says.The estimate of much higher levels of radioactive cesium-

Podcast Oct. 28, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) _ An agreement to contain the European debt crisis electrified the stock market Thursday, driving the Dow Jones Industrial average up nearly 340 points and putting the Standard & Poor's 500 index on track for its best month since 1974.Investors were relieved after European leaders craf

World Business Oct. 28, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Jobs told Walter Isaacson he wanted him to write his biography because he's good at getting people to talk. Jobs, it turns out, didn't need much prodding, secretive as he was about both his private life and the company he founded."I just listened," said Isaacson, whose bo

Industry Oct. 27, 2011