SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean musical scene is rolling up its sleeves to resume onstage shows that have been suspended for nearly two months, as the health authorities eased the two-se...
17:41 Feb. 01
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- Jikji, the world's oldest book printed with movable metal type, has been published in Korean and English, the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, said Sunda...
12:00 Jan. 31
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul city government said Friday that some of its charnel houses will close during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday to help contain the spread of the new coronavi...
11:42 Jan. 29
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean pianist Cho Seong-jin has premiered one of Mozart's previously unheard compositions in Salzburg, Austria, after it was created 248 years ago.
In a pre-...
11:34 Jan. 29
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- The Korean drama "Crash Landing on You," K-pop dynamite group BTS and the Oscar-winning film "Parasite" were among the top drivers of the Korean Wave, or "hallyu," last y...
10:58 Jan. 28
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday.
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JCS chief, EU ambassador vow to strengthen military cooperation
SEOUL -- Joint...
17:02 Jan. 27
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- The number of cinema closures soared to a 12-year high in 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, data showed Tuesday.
A total of 81 movie theaters closed shop a...
11:19 Jan. 26
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Yonhap) -- An exhibition highlighting South Korea's close relationship with the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will take place online next mo...
15:40 Jan. 25
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- Back in February 2003 at the inaugural ceremony of then President Roh Moo-hyun, a soft and lyrical voice followed a prelude of the national anthem of South K...
09:00 Jan. 22
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean online gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. said Thursday that it will launch its K-pop fan platform globally next week.
The platform, named Universe,...
11:28 Jan. 21
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday.
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(2nd LD) Moon names Chung Eui-yong as foreign minister, picks new culture, SMEs...
17:16 Jan. 20
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- The musical theater industry has called for eased social distancing rules at performance venues, citing the difficulty in continuing shows under the government's current ...
14:03 Jan. 20
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Hwang Hee, nominated Wednesday as the new culture minister, is a two-term lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party who has built an extensive career in liberal political c...
11:56 Jan. 20
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The leader of the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, said Tuesday that he will strive to promote inter-Korean religious exchanges this year by helping the ...
16:12 Jan. 19
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- A group of major state-run cultural facilities in Seoul will reopen later this week, the culture ministry said Monday, amid signs of the third wave of the coronavirus slo...
15:08 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Bong Joon-ho, writer-director of Oscar-winning South Korean film "Parasite," will preside over the main jury of this year's Venice International Film Festival, according ...
20:45 Jan. 15
Jan. 16
1948 -- Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" is performed in South Korea for the first time.
1951 -- China rejects a United Nations proposal for a cease-fire in the Korean War.
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14:00 Jan. 15
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The popularity of "hallyu," or the Korean Wave, seems to have continued unabated across the world despite yearlong coronavirus restrictions, as the number of global hally...
11:07 Jan. 15
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's content industry saw its domestic sales fall in the first half of 2020, mostly due to the new coronavirus, which sapped demand in the film and advertising s...
17:00 Jan. 14
By Lee Minji
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- Following a heated scandal over Luda, a chatbot that ended up being unplugged amid controversies over its hypersexualization and unfiltered comments on sexua...
16:18 Jan. 14