SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- More than 2,000 foreign workers will be hired by South Korean shipyards this month in a measure to help resolve an acute workforce shortage,…
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed below 15,000 on Sunday amid the view that the winter wave of infections has probably peaked. The country…
(ATTN: UPDATES with President Yoon's message; CHANGES dateline) SEOUL/SINAN, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Coast Guard rescue crews were searching Sunday for nine people whose boat capsized in…
SINAN, South Korea, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- A fishing boat capsized in waters off South Korea's southwestern coast, leaving nine people missing, the Coast Guard said Sunday. A report…
SEOUL, Feb. 05 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Sunday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (%)
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(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES details in paras 2, 7) SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Bereaved families of the victims of the Itaewon crowd crush on Saturday took to…
(ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES throughout with more details, remarks; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) staged a large-scale rally in central Seoul…
(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS rally details in paras 5-7, opposition leader's comments in paras 12-14, photo) SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Bereaved families of the victims of the…
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Bereaved families of the victims of the Itaewon crowd crush were in a standoff with police in central Seoul on Saturday as they took…
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Korean American U.S. Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) was selected to head the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, her office said Friday.…
Feb. 5 1893 -- The royal authorities of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) decide to establish the nation's first naval academy on Ganghwa Island, west of Seoul. Faced with growing…
(ATTN: UPDATES with tally on infection among inbound travelers from China in last 4 paras; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell to…
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SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest Saturday tally in 31 weeks amid a gradual downtrend as the government has taken steps…
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) is set to stage a large-scale anti-government protest in central Seoul on Saturday afternoon. Thousands of party members,…