SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- The wait is almost over, as the southern city of Gwangju is preparing to host the first swimming world championships in South Korea starting this week.

SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to hold the first round of negotiations on the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with Malaysia this week as part of efforts to strengthen economic ti

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

SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has denounced Japan's recent export control measure as politically driven economic retaliation against it at a key World Trade Organization (WTO) session, as

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The state-run tourism agency said Tuesday it will begin group bus tours to a trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas later this month in the eas

SUNCHEON, South Korea, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Suncheon, a southwestern city known as South Korea's center of ecology, has launched a "Visit Suncheon Year" campaign this year, aiming to attract 10 milli

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Super group BTS topped Japan's Oricon weekly singles chart this week with its latest Japanese single "Lights/Boy With Luv," garnering the highest weekly score for any fore

CLEVELAND, July 8 (Yonhap) -- For Los Angeles Dodgers' left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin, getting to start this week's All-Star Game in Cleveland isn't just a big deal for himself.

SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- A new contingent of South Korean troops will be deployed to South Sudan later this month to carry out U.N. peacekeeping operations, the Army said Monday.

SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- Succeeding in a second attempt to make it on the UNESCO World Heritage List, a group of nine historic South Korean new-Confucian institutes were inscribed on the list last