(Yonhap) -- Working-level talks between the two Koreas aimed at enhancing the legal rights and protection for South Koreans working in the joint factory park in Kaesong failed to yield results, the government said Thursday.   The unification ministry said the second day of sub-panel talks of the Kaesong joint management committee did not result in agreement on any outstanding issues.   "It has been agreed to continue talks," the ministry in charge of all inter-Korean relations said in a pres

   (Yonhap) -- Pyongyang published a booklet criticizing the Park Geun-hye administration's policy on North Korea, by accusing Seoul of fueling hatred and confrontation, a media report said Thursday.   Uriminzokkiri, North Korea's main Internet-based media and propaganda website, said a Pyongyang printing house released a booklet called a "diagnosis of the South's theory of principle" that dissected the follies of policy goals being pursued by the conservative Park government.   It said the so-c

    (Yonhap) -- The prosecution said Thursday it will announce on the following day the outcome of its investigation into suspicions surrounding the disappearance of the transcript of the 2007 inter-Korean summit.   The announcement will be made at 2 p.m. Friday at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in southern Seoul, the prosecution said.   The minutes, which transcribe the summit talks between then South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, raised poli

KT, the nation’s second-largest mobile carrier, said on Tuesday that its board of directors had accepted CEO Lee Suk-chae’s letter of resignation. In his statement, Lee said, “I would like to express my gratitude to the directors present here today for the meeting, and executives and officials who have made relentless efforts in a harsh environment for the firm. I also want to thank the customers and shareholders who have given love and care to KT.” Pyo Hyun-myung, president of KT’s telecommunic

Samsung Electronics will push for more mergers and acquisitions and increase its presence in health care and smart car industries for future growth, top executives said on Wednesday.The world tech giant held Samsung Analyst Day 2013 to share its future mid- and long-term strategies with around 400 investors, analysts and officials from the IT industry -- the first forum of its kind in eight years.“Convergence (among technologies in different industries) is occurring right now, but not enough. We

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said Sunday that it had picked Lee Chae-sub as its candidate for the chairman of the telecommunications standardization division at the International Telecommunication Union, the U.N. agency for information and communication technologies. Lee is currently working as a researcher at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s IT Convergence research center and has been the chairman of ITU-T SG13 since 2009. The SG13 is a study group under