April 3
1906 -- A railway opens, linking Seoul, now in South Korea, and Sinuiju, now in North Korea. The 518.5-kilometer multi-rail line carried the largest traffic volume on the Korean Peninsu...
14:00 Apr. 02
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agriculture ministry said Friday that three additional avian influenza cases tied to wild birds have been reported in the country over th...
13:36 Apr. 02
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday.
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(LEAD) New COVID-19 cases above 500 for 3rd day; virus curbs tightened in Busan
S...
13:31 Apr. 02
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on April 2.
Korean-language dailies
-- Police revise probe guidelines to stress animals' right (Kyun...
07:07 Apr. 02
(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout)
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will get 432,000 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccines later this week, a ...
16:24 Apr. 01
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Seven American service members and a dependent have tested positive for the new coronavirus upon their arrival here in the past two weeks, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said T...
15:47 Apr. 01
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean panel of experts on Thursday recommended the approval of the COVID-19 vaccine by Johnson & Johnson's Janssen, saying it showed around 66 per...
15:25 Apr. 01
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will bring in another 7 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccines, enough for 3.5 million people, during the second quarter, the country...
14:53 Apr. 01
(ATTN: UPDATES with quotes from vaccine recipients from para 10)
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Thursday began administering COVID-19 vaccines to members of the general pub...
14:21 Apr. 01
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's science ministry unveiled Thursday its plan to observe and map the moon's surface in 2023 in its first lunar orbiter mission.
The spacecraft, set to be l...
14:14 Apr. 01
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of test kits for the new coronavirus, protective masks and other virus-related goods sharply increased last year amid the pandemi...
13:00 Apr. 01
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Two Army soldiers and a Marine have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Thursday.
A newly enlisted soldier in Yangju, north of Seoul, wa...
10:51 Apr. 01
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Thursday began administering COVID-19 vaccines to members of the general public aged 75 or above and other virus-vulnerable groups as the co...
10:21 Apr. 01
(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout)
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's nationwide inoculation against the novel coronavirus is expected to lose pace due to vaccination d...
14:30 Mar. 31
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- The central and local governments will reduce their emergency coronavirus text alerts amid mounting complaints that frequent arrivals of such messages have increased the...
14:09 Mar. 31
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's nationwide inoculation against the novel coronavirus is expected to lose pace due to vaccination delivery delays as health authorities aim t...
10:46 Mar. 31
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- An official at the country's arm procurement agency in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Wednesday.
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10:31 Mar. 31
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agricultural ministry said Wednesday it plans to roll out vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) by May as the country raises its...
09:04 Mar. 31
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will start coronavirus vaccinations for people traveling overseas to do business starting next month, the industry ministry said Wednesday.
South Koreans ...
09:02 Mar. 31
SEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agricultural ministry said Tuesday it has issued a new standardized guideline on animal experiments in line with the country's efforts to improve the welfa...
11:00 Mar. 30