SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The government and the ruling party agreed Wednesday to strengthen the enforcement of quarantine and inspection measures for people coming from abroad to stem a growing

SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in unveiled plans Tuesday to double the size of his administration's emergency-financing aid package to 100 trillion won (US$80 billion) for businesse

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea issued a "special travel advisory" Monday calling on its citizens to cancel or postpone their trips abroad over the spread of the new coronavirus, the foreig

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is facing an increasingly pivotal time to decide whether or not to continue its current efforts to contain the new coronavirus, as the country can win the vi

SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- The Navy has held a memorial ceremony to honor dozens of sailors killed in North Korea's 2010 deadly sinking of a South Korean warship ahead of its 10th anniversary, the

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday launched another round of trade talks with Russia to flesh out details on the two country's pending free trade agreement (FTA) in the service and i

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- Drive-thrus are spreading across many sectors of South Korean society lately, following the success of the nation's drive-thru coronavirus testing centers that have been

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- While businesses across South Korea are struggling to survive the fallout from the new coronavirus, which has affected more than 8,000 here, provincial governors have co

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Sunday began conducting new coronavirus tests on all arrivals from Europe and requiring even those with negative results to undergo a 14-day self-quaranti

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean company has agreed to ship 20,000 novel coronavirus testing kits to Romania in a government-arranged deal, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday.