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By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will host a leader-level discus...
12:06 Mar. 23
SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), proposed a bill designating "Dokdo Day" as a legally recognized anniversary to bolster South Korea's ...
16:07 Mar. 21
SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- Gyeongbok Palace, a royal palace in Seoul, will offer a special guided tour of its marquee pavilion overlooking a beautiful pond, starting next month, cultural authoriti...
10:21 Mar. 21
SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- Innospace, a South Korean space startup, said Monday its suborbital test launch vehicle, HANBIT-TLV, has been launched.
The 8.4-ton thrust single stage hybrid rocket ...
08:12 Mar. 20
SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) -- The government's decision to lift the mask mandate on public transportation and pharmacies in open public spaces will go into effect this week amid a gradual COVID-19 vi...
10:16 Mar. 19
By Lee Haye-ah
TOKYO, March 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol's visit to Tokyo sent a clear message that relations between South Korea and Japan are being put back on track after years of anim...
22:41 Mar. 16
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SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will create the world's largest semiconductor cluster in the Seoul metropolitan area by attracting ...
11:18 Mar. 15
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By Park Boram
SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will end the mask mandate for public transportation next week, the government announced Wed...
10:12 Mar. 15
SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- Netflix revenge thriller series "The Glory" Part 2 ranked No. 1 on the streamer's weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows released Wednesday.
Premiered on M...
09:30 Mar. 15
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SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States kicked off a regular combined military exercise Monday amid heighte...
10:36 Mar. 13
SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's homegrown KF-21 Boramae fighter jet prototypes have successfully conducted their first nighttime flights, the state arms procurement agency said Friday.
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16:41 Mar. 10
SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- Seoul's riverscape is expected to undergo a sweeping change, as the city government on Thursday announced plans to build a host of new cultural, tourist, port and busines...
14:14 Mar. 09
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By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, March 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit the United S...
08:10 Mar. 08
SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- Apple TV+'s Korean language drama "Pachinko" has received the award for best ensemble cast in a new scripted series from the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
"Pac...
15:25 Mar. 06
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SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Former world No. 1 Ko Jin-young defended her LPGA title in Singapore on Sunday, picking up her 14th career win and first in 12 mont...
17:37 Mar. 05
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SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan have tentatively agreed to create a "future youth fund" to sponsor scholarships for students, as part of a de...
15:58 Mar. 05
SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team won the top award at a major international air show in Australia, the Air Force said Sunday.
The Black Eagles ...
14:53 Mar. 05
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will launch an independent aerospace administration to assume full charge of the state-led space programs and aeronautics research by the end of this year, th...
00:00 Mar. 02
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to invest 54 billion won (US$40.8 million) over the next four years to help universities nurture about 400 semiconductor majors every year, officials sa...
15:57 Feb. 28
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Tuesday to nurture the biohealth sector into a key strategic industry, saying he hopes it will become the nation's next semic...
14:33 Feb. 28