SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Thursday that it plans to build up its response capabilities against infectious diseases and create a new growth engine by capitalizing on know-how and me

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The U.S.-led United Nations Command has said it is inspecting warning markers set up near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to alert pilots they are approaching North Korea's a

SEJONG, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea needs to "actively review" a potential deregulation to introduce nationwide telemedicine services, Vice Finance Minister Kim Yong-beom said Thursday, as they

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series held overseas every year, will be held partly online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its organizer announced Thursday.

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- A multilateral convention will take effect in South Korea in September to keep multinational corporations (MNCs) from capitalizing on loopholes for tax avoidance, official

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held a teleconference on Wednesday with South Korean ambassadors in six countries and the European Union (EU) to discuss measures in fighti

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed Wednesday that he remains firmly committed to a plan to visit South Korea within this year, speaking on the phone with President Moon

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea renewed its call for Japan on Wednesday to "swiftly retract" export restrictions imposed in a row over wartime forced labor, the foreign ministry said, a day a

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in would like to link the envisioned "New Deal" project with green growth and called on related authorities to map out concrete plans, Cheong Wa Dae sai

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Tuesday sent 500,000 face masks to help Korean War veterans in the United States fight COVID-19, the South Korean Embassy here said.