SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's first homegrown coronavirus treatment candidate from Celltrion Inc. is expected to be used to treat patients starting early February, Prime Minister Chung S...
09:54 Jan. 18
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 will inject 1.1 trillion won (US$999 million) into projects to develop autonomous driving technologies and establish related infrastructure by 2027, governmen...
10:36 Jan. 14
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By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the government will provide all South Korean people ...
11:41 Jan. 11
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SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean victims of wartime sexual enslavement won their first legal victory Friday against the Japanese government in a landmark ...
16:54 Jan. 08
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SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks rallied Thursday to close above the 3,000-point mark for the first time, backed by strong foreign and institu...
16:38 Jan. 07
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's free trade deals may further increase this year in line with its efforts to revitalize its ailing pandemic-hit exports and cope with the g...
11:00 Jan. 04
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Friday he will work with the people to make sure they reclaim their "normal lives" in the new year after overcoming the coronavirus pandemic.
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11:16 Jan. 01
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean entertainment gurus -- Bang Si-hyuk and Lee Mie-kyung, widely known as Miky Lee -- have been named by U.S. magazine Variety as among the 500 most influen...
16:52 Dec. 29
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SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea decided to extend the current social-distancing restrictions in the greater Seoul area until Jan. 3, opting not to raise t...
20:14 Dec. 27
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has the fastest 5G download speed in the world, reaching over 350 megabits per second (Mbps), a report showed Monday.
The country's 5G download speed stood...
15:43 Dec. 21
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top 10 South Korean news stories of 2020 as selected by Yonhap News editors.
▲ COVID-19 grips S. Korea, worst may be yet to come
COVID-19 to...
10:00 Dec. 18
By Lee Minji
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- In 2013, seven fledgling young men, who mostly grew up in towns outside of South Korea's megacity Seoul, made their debut as a hip-hop group. They called the...
10:00 Dec. 18
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SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's lantern lighting festival, a springtime event held to celebrate Buddha's birthday, has been officially inscribed as intang...
22:50 Dec. 16
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will support an additional 200 billion won (US$184,000) worth of relief and sanitary goods to help overseas Koreans fight against the novel coronavirus pandemi...
14:45 Dec. 06
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- Oscar-winning film "Parasite," Netflix zombie thriller "Kingdom" and giant penguin character Pengsoo were among the works that have been selected as winners of the 2020 Ko...
10:00 Dec. 05
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By Byun Duk-kun and Lee Minji
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- K-pop megastar BTS has achieved another milestone with its new song "Lif...
17:01 Dec. 01
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Wednesday celebrated the 10th year since joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) club of major donors, with its top dipl...
17:31 Nov. 25
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By Byun Duk-kun and Lee Minji
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's K-pop megastar BTS was nominated for the Grammy Award in best pop duo/group perfo...
09:40 Nov. 25
By Lee Minji
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- An exhibition of press photos zooming in on life during the new coronavirus began at a Seoul museum on Tuesday, offering visitors a glimpse of how the world ...
16:00 Nov. 24