(ATTN: ADDS more details from ministry's background briefing in paras 7-11)
By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was set to visit South Korea on Tues...
16:42 Mar. 23
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea decided not to co-sponsor a U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on North Korea's rights violations for the third consecutive year, though it will join the d...
16:14 Mar. 23
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- A yearlong cultural festival celebrating the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Belgium will begin Tuesday, the cultu...
15:59 Mar. 23
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Suh Wook has no plans to discuss the U.S.-led regional forum Quad with his Indian counterpart during his visit to the country this week, the defense min...
14:05 Mar. 23
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin will visit Seoul next week for talks with his South Korean counterparts, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
The meeti...
11:23 Mar. 23
By Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- A rancorous Sino-U.S. rivalry that appears to be bringing North Korea and China even closer is casting a pall over cooperation between the major powers i...
11:07 Mar. 23
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was set to visit South Korea on Tuesday for talks with Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong about bilateral relations, the situation on...
09:55 Mar. 23
(ATTN: INSERTS 3rd para to highlight the North Korean national is suspected of affiliation with North Korea's intelligence office)
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Court proceedings...
05:40 Mar. 23
(ATTN: UPDATES with reports of CSIS report, more details in paras 16-21)
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Arming South Korea with its own nuclear weapons against threats from North ...
05:20 Mar. 23
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Court proceedings began here Monday for a North Korean national suspected of money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
The suspect, ...
05:12 Mar. 23
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Yonhap) -- The United States will continue to work closely with its allies and partners, including China and Russia, to denuclearize North Korea, U.S. National...
03:06 Mar. 23
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Arming South Korea with its own nuclear weapons against threats from North Korea would only help justify the North's ongoing pursuit of nuclear weap...
02:47 Mar. 23
(ATTN: UPDATES with North Korean leader's message; CHANGES headline)
SHENYANG, China, March 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged verbal message...
22:02 Mar. 22
SHENYANG, China, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday, in a verbal message to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, that Beijing will uphold a political settlement of the Korean...
20:57 Mar. 22
SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Second Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-moon called Monday for the world to reaffirm its commitment against racial discrimination amid concerns over a reported rise in an...
19:05 Mar. 22
March 23
1949 -- The United States dispatches John Muccio as its first ambassador to South Korea.
1990 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Bulgaria.
1992 -- South Korea...
14:00 Mar. 22
SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- The arms procurement agency on Monday denied a media report that the South Korean and British governments have begun informal talks on technology cooperation for aircraf...
11:46 Mar. 22
SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will seek to expand security cooperation with Japan, the defense ministry said Monday, following a recent visit by the U.S. state and defense secretaries to ...
11:29 Mar. 22
(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead with departure; ADDS more info in paras 2, 6)
By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Suh Wook has embarked on a visit to the United Arab Emirates ...
07:55 Mar. 22
Avoid collateral damage
Sino-US confrontation becomes intensified
The high-level meetings between the United States and China in Alaska last week have raised concerns that already tense bilatera...
07:12 Mar. 22