SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- Grammy Award-winning South Korean soprano Sumi Jo has won an award in Italy's global film and music festival, according to the singer on Sunday.

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Friday it will build more wind farms in southwestern parts of the country in line with its efforts to stay away from fossil fuel-powered energy generatio

GENEVA, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee voiced confidence Thursday that Japan will look at her credentials as a candidate rather than bilateral disputes in choosing it

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Thursday it will spend 73.4 trillion won (US$60 billion) in the energy segment in line with its ambitious "New Deal" plan meant to transform the nation's

SEJONG, July 16 (Yonhap) -- In the six months after the new coronavirus was first reported in South Korea, the virus outbreak has battered the nation's exports and depressed local consumption, with

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The Suncheon Bay National Garden, a massive ecological park in the country's southwestern region, was the most popular regional tourist destination last year outside of h

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will send 400,000 face masks to the Philippines and East Timor this week to help the two Southeast Asian countries cope with the coronavirus pandemic, Seoul's

SEJONG, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to expand the coverage of its employment insurance program to self-employed people, as part of efforts to boost social safety nets in the wake of the c

SEJONG, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister said Wednesday that the world must step up cooperation to overcome the coronavirus pandemic and kick-start an economic recovery.

SEJONG, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Wednesday it has adopted an alert system on the country's 50 major beaches that will ban the entry of additional visitors in crowded areas to stem the s