SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday sharply raised its 2021 growth outlook for South Korea to 4.3 percent as Asia's fourth-largest economy is on a solid reco

BORYEONG, South Korea, July 27 (Yonhap) -- The annual Boryeong Mud Festival has been selected as one of Asia's three major festivals by an international festival association, a local government sai

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry said Tuesday it has launched talks with ASEAN to update their free trade agreement (FTA) and further lower trade barriers, as the country see

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- The surprise restoration of inter-Korean communication lines is raising hopes for a possible virtual summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's tidal flats have been officially inscribed as a UNESCO world natural heritage despite receiving a deferral in a preliminary review, cultural heritage author

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of biopharmaceutical products more than doubled in 2020 from a year earlier on the back of the growing demand for pharmaceutical products amid the C

TOKYO, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean archer An San set an Olympic record to win the women's ranking round of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, while giving herself a shot at capturing three gold med

SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- A UNESCO committee on Thursday called for Japan to keep its promise to honor forced labor victims at an information center on industrial revolution sites registered on th

SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- An art foundation said Thursday it is pushing to create commercial digital tokens of "Hunminjeongeum," an official manuscript describing the principles of the Korean alph

TOKYO, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's objective at this year's Tokyo Olympics is to win six to seven gold medals.