SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea seems to have test-fired two cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, a South Korean military official said, as President Yoon…
Aug. 18 1955 -- South Korea and Japan sever economic ties. 1972 -- Red Cross officials from the two Koreas establish a hotline. 1976 -- North Korean soldiers ax…
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- More than 6 in 10 South Korean companies expect the country's exports to fall in the second half of the year from six months…
By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- Two teams from South Korea's K League 1 survived the group stage at the top Asian club tournament this year, but…
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. ----------------- (LEAD) Yoon-press conference (LEAD) Yoon says he doesn't want status quo changed…
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- The delinquency ratio on loans extended by banks in South Korea fell in June from a month earlier, with the ratios on lending to…
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(ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks by Yoon from 4th para) By Kim Deok-hyun and Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol said Wednesday that South Korea…
INCHEON, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided the Coast Guard's headquarters Wednesday as part of an investigation into the previous administration's handling of the death of a fisheries official…
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares turned lower late Wednesday morning as investors await the latest Federal Reserve's minutes that will give them an idea of its future…
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors will determine this week whether to suspend the prison term of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk's wife, who was convicted of college admission…
By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- The justice ministry has proposed a law requiring convicted stalkers to wear electronic monitoring devices for up to 10 years, officials…
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- A top financial regulator said Wednesday that it is necessary to step up global cooperation in effectively responding to crimes involving digital assets as…
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol said Wednesday that South Korea cannot provide North Korea with security guarantees, but he does not want the status quo changed…
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- A United Nations Security Council committee on North Korea sanctions has approved a sanctions exemption for a U.S.-based aid group to send spine-related rehabilitation…
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency, at 11:00 a.m.…
(ATTN: ADDS more detailed info, plan for oral pill introduction in last 8 paras, second photo) SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases jumped to a…
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- Korea Line Corp., South Korea's No. 2 bulk carrier, said Wednesday its earnings reached a new all-time high in the first half of the…
SEJONG, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's contraband trade shot up 60 percent in the first half of the year on a spike in tariff evasion and country-of-origin violations,…