GWANGJU, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Kim Seo-yeong advanced to the final in the women's 200m individual medley (IM) at the world championships on Sunday, becoming the first athlete from the h

CHEONGJU, South Korea, July 12 (Yonhap) -- An international martial arts competition will kick off in central South Korea late next month, bringing together some 4,000 fighters and officials from a

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea decided Friday to raise the minimum wage for next year by 2.9 percent, the slowest growth in a decade, as it took into account an economic slowdown and sluggi

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- Next year's Gwangju Biennale art show in the namesake southern South Korean city will explore the subject matter of human intelligence by shedding light on very primitive

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- The cloud affiliate of South Korea's dominant Internet portal operator, Naver Corp., said Thursday that it has joined hands with Singaporean cloud company Deskera to tap

SEJONG, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry said Thursday it will hold working-level talks with its Japanese counterpart this week to discuss Tokyo's latest trade restrictions on key i

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- The music video of K-pop super band BTS' hit song "IDOL" surpassed 500 million YouTube views Thursday, the band's fifth music video to accomplish the feat.

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Yonhap) -- A top South Korean presidential official arrived in Washington on Wednesday to meet with U.S.

SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- A royal reception hall of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) was opened to the public Wednesday after four years of restoration.

SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States on Wednesday unveiled a sculpture symbolizing their decadesold alliance as a key guarantor of peace on the peninsula, in a sprawling Ame