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South Korean President Park Geun Hye apologized over a ferry sinking that left more than three hundred people dead or missing, the nation’s worst maritime

By Cynthia Kim, Seonjin Cha and Sam Kim April 24 (Bloomberg) — Divers retrieved more bodies from a South Korean ferry that sank last week, as

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Monday the actions of the captain and crew of a ferry that sank last week with hundreds feared dead were

South Korean prosecutors investigating a ferry disaster said on Sunday they would seek to extend the detention of the ship's captain and two other crew by 10

Divers searching for survivors of a capsized South Korean ferry saw three bodies floating through a window of a passenger cabin on Saturday but were unable to

Rescuers fought rising winds and waves on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people, mostly teenage schoolchildren, still missing after a South Korean

UPDATE: Six have no been confirmed killed and between 277 and 290 are still missing. By Narae Kim JINDO, South Korea, April 16 (Reuters) – More than 280

The world's largest-diameter containership propeller was loaded onto a ship at the Port of Hamburg this weekend bound for a South Korean shipyard from it's

eams of workers, aided by ships and aircraft, will complete on Monday the sea cleanup of 164,000 litres of oil that leaked off South Korea's southern coast,

Singapore's Keppel Corp Ltd , the world's top offshore drilling rig builder, boasts an $11 billion order book that will likely lift profits this year as those

A laden chemical tanker has suffered what looks like a catastrophic fire following a collision with a car carrier on sea trials near Busan, South

A strong storm on Monday caused a bulk carrier and two products tankers to run aground within hours of each near the South Korean city of

Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — South Korea, the world’s second-largest buyer of liquefied natural gas, boosted imports of the fuel by 19 percent in October

South Korea’s three biggest shipping companies face a cash crunch as 3 trillion won ($2.8 billion) of bonds are due for repayment in the next two years

July 19 (Bloomberg) — The won gained for a second week after South Korea’s shipbuilders won overseas orders and as the Federal Reserve calmed

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s biggest shipbuilder, plans to raise prices as demand for fuel-efficient vessels helps it skirt the global

By Meeyoung Cho SEOUL, June 24 (Reuters) – South Korea has pledged to the United States that it will cut imports of Iranian crude by 15 percent in the

By Meeyoung Cho SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) – South Korea resumed imports from Iran of natural gas liquids in March, customs data showed on Monday, after

Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., a South Korean yard that is undergoing debt rescheduling, led a decline among shipyards

Imports of liquefied natural gas into South Korea, the world’s second-largest buyer of the fuel, dropped 9.5 percent in December as prices rose.