Youkyung Lee

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Visitors look at a sale advertisement in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. South Korea's economy recorded its fastest quarterly growth since the first quarter of 2011, its central bank said Thursday, showing Asia's fourth-largest economy is on track to recovery. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

SKorea posts fastest growth in nearly 3 years

Youkyung Lee · January 23, 2014 3:17 am

From left, NH Nonghyup Card head Sohn Kyung-Ik, Lotte Card CEO Park Sang-hoon and KB Kookmin Card CEO Shim Jae-oh, bow to offer an apology over a data theft during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. A massive theft of customer data from the three major credit card firms in the country has shown security lapses in the financial industry. Financial Services Commission Chairman Shin Je-yoon said Monday the credit card companies had failed to ensure adequate security. (AP Photo/Kim Ju-sung, Yonhap) KOREA OUT

SKorea credit card data theft highlights lapses

Youkyung Lee · January 20, 2014 10:48 am

South Korean President Park Geun-hye, center, arrives to preside over a security meeting to discuss the upcoming South and North Korea talks at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 10, 2013. The two Koreas will hold their highest-level talks in years Wednesday in an effort to restore scrapped joint economic projects and ease animosity marked by recent threats of nuclear war. That is in itself progress, though there are already hints that disputes in their bloody history could thwart efforts to better ties. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Do Kwang-hwan) KOREA OUT

Korea talks raise hopes; history may scuttle them

Foster Klug, Youkyung Lee · June 10, 2013 4:00 am

SKorea’s parliament approves $15.3B extra budget

Youkyung Lee · May 7, 2013 11:35 am

SKorea’s economic growth hits 2-year high in 1Q

Youkyung Lee · April 25, 2013 12:33 am

SK Hynix posts $159M profit as chip prices rise

Youkyung Lee · April 24, 2013 10:48 am

LG Electronics’ profit plunges on slow TV sales

Youkyung Lee · April 24, 2013 8:50 am

LG Display logs small profit in Q1

Youkyung Lee · April 22, 2013 7:45 am

Bank of Korea trims growth forecast, holds rate

Youkyung Lee · April 11, 2013 7:09 am

SKorea says NKorea behind computer crash in March

Youkyung Lee · April 10, 2013 6:51 am

NKorea’s Twitter account hacked amid tension

Youkyung Lee · April 5, 2013 2:37 am

SKorea cuts growth forecast, plans stimulus

Youkyung Lee · March 28, 2013 8:30 am