SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, were set to hold talks in Seoul on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties, the Korean Peninsula s

SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- A peace-themed tour program for the central section of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas will be resumed this week, about one and a half years after

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Yonhap) -- A vigil will be held this week to honor the victims of recent deadly shootings in Atlanta and to call for a stop to hate crimes in the United States that are increa

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- A yearlong cultural festival celebrating the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Belgium will begin Tuesday, the cultu

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Tuesday began vaccinating people aged 65 and older at nursing homes and long-term care hospitals nationwide as scheduled, amid a mix of excitement and anx

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- The opposition's pick of a single unified candidate for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election signals the start of a tough electoral season for a ruling party hit by a m

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea called Monday for the normalization of the World Trade Organization (WTO) during a meeting with a group of countries supporting the multilateral trading regi

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's next-generation midsized observational satellite was successfully launched Monday, two days later than scheduled, Russia's space agency said, boosting the

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Monday it plans to raise 400 billion won (US$354 million) through 2024 to support businesses seeking to innovate their products and services by utilizin

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will begin providing a real-time air quality map for the Korean Peninsula and neighboring areas to the public, utilizing data sent from Chollian-2B, its envi