SEJONG, June 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is considering extending a temporary tax cut on purchases of all-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell electric cars, the finance minister said Tuesday, in the lat

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Yonhap) -- The United States on Tuesday marked the 69th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, calling it a history that should be taught, not forgotten.

SEOUL, June 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industry ministry said Thursday it will propose 300 industrial standards in different segments ranging from electric cars to non-memory chips by 2023.

SEOUL/BEIJING, June 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Thursday he will maintain "patience" in efforts to resolve the Korean Peninsula issue, in an expression of willingness to con

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry said Friday it has started free trade negotiations with Russia in the service and investment areas in its latest efforts to diversify the cou

GWANGJU, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A variety of cultural events are to take place in Gwangju in the coming weeks ahead of the opening of the 2019 FINA World Championships in the southwestern South Korean

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A memorial hall to remember Kim Bok-dong, an iconic Korean victim of Japanese wartime sexual slavery, will be built in Uganda, a Seoul-based civic group said Wednesday.

SEOUL, Jun 19 (Yonhap) -- A literature festival honoring the late great South Korean female novelist Pak Kyongni will take place in Saint Petersburg, Russia, later this week, the writer's cultural

SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band BTS has won a major prize at this year's Radio Disney Music Awards, the band's second successful year at the annual music awards show by the American netwo

SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea this week, the North's state media reported Monday, marking his first trip to Pyongyang since becoming