SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will allow visa-free entry through Jeju and Yangyang international airports starting June 1, resuming a visa-waiver program that has been suspended for more tha

SEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- The transition team on Tuesday unveiled 110 key policy tasks to pursue under the government of incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol, including a "revolutionary" reinforcement o

SEOUL, May 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has identified descendants of six independence activists who supported the nation's fight against Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule from Hawaii, the veterans affair

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- A large plot of public land in the heart of Seoul, designated as the site of a museum for the donated artworks of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, will turn into a gre

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will lift the outdoor mask mandate Monday, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said, though people will still need to wear a mask when they attend gatherings of 50 o

JEONJU, South Korea, April 28 (Yonhap) -- The annual Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), the country's largest showcase of indie and art house films, will start its 10-day run in the southwe

SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- Incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden will hold their first summit in Seoul on May 21, officials said Thursday.

SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to build the country's first floating airport in the southern port city of Busan by 2035, the land ministry said Tuesday.

SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state weather agency will set up a typhoon monitoring and prediction system in the Philippines by 2025 as part of its official development assistance proje

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- SK Innovation Co., South Korea's leading refiner, said Sunday its energy unit has signed a production sharing contract with Malaysian companies for a local oil block.