SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea set new guidelines advising local governments to hold back unnecessary private information of coronavirus patients on Saturday.

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- The new coronavirus is rattling South Korean politics just a month before the April 15 parliamentary elections, changing the way candidates campaign and shifting the ove

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the World Health Organization has called on K-pop superband BTS and others to join the organization's hand-washing campaign "SafeHands" challenge to help cu

SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- The office of President Moon Jae-in made a formal suggestion to the White House on Sunday that the Group of 20 (G-20) nations hold a summit by video conference on the CO

SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- Foreign diplomats visited Incheon International Airport on Friday to get a first-hand look at South Korea's quarantine procedures aimed at containing the spread of the n

SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- Seoul National University Hospital has begun to provide a telemedicine service to coronavirus patients near the epicenter South Korea's virus outbreak.

SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- The Oscar-winning Korean film "Parasite" has topped 300 billion won (US$245 million) in worldwide ticket sales, industry data showed Friday.

SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea saw another decline in its daily new infections Friday, as massive testings in the southeastern city of Daegu, the epicenter of the new coronavirus here, wer

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- About 20 foreign diplomats will visit Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, this week to take a first-hand look at South Korea's all-out efforts to contain the s

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in called for continued efforts to finish reforming the police on Thursday, stressing that they should conduct investigations responsibly once they ha