SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top diplomat said Thursday it would be ideal for Japanese companies to voluntarily participate in compensation of South Korean victims of wartime forced lab...
22:40 Jan. 26
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's chief nuclear envoy met with a senior official of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday to discuss cooperation in dealing with the North...
19:30 Jan. 26
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin is considering visiting the United States and Europe next month, according to diplomatic sources Thursday.
According to the sour...
17:33 Jan. 26
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean presidential aide visited Panama, El Salvador and Belize earlier this month to drum up support for the country's bid to host the 2030 World Expo, according...
15:26 Jan. 26
Jan. 27
1883 -- The Joseon Dynasty designates the Taegeukgi as the national flag.
1959 -- Lee Dong-jun, a correspondent of the Soviet Union's Pravda newspaper in Pyongyang, defects to South K...
14:00 Jan. 26
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.
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Yoon to meet NATO chief, U.S. defense secretary next week
SEOUL -- President Yo...
13:00 Jan. 26
Growing China dilemma
: Long-term strategy needed to reshape bilateral ties
During the Lunar New Year holiday, an "incident" spoke much about the current relationship between Korea and China.
L...
07:11 Jan. 26
Jan. 26
1950 -- South Korea and the United States sign a mutual defense and assistance treaty. The agreement was sealed five months before the Korean War broke out in June.
1962 -- The last...
14:00 Jan. 25
Clear concerns about the nuclear threat
As North Korea's uninterrupted acceleration of nuclear weapons development fuels a sense of insecurity among South Koreans, security experts at home and abr...
07:04 Jan. 25
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The United States may consider appointing a special envoy solely dedicated to issues related to North Korea should there be active dialogue with the ...
06:22 Jan. 25
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The United States continues to closely monitor North Korea for a possible nuclear test, a Pentagon spokesperson said Tuesday.
The spokesperson, Br...
03:32 Jan. 25
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-un are not bothered at all by the U.S. military presence in South Korea, former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pomp...
02:36 Jan. 25
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government has called in a Japanese diplomat in Seoul to lodge a protest over the Japanese foreign minister's recent claims to the East Sea islets of Dok...
18:27 Jan. 24
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry on Tuesday welcomed the nomination of a new U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights, saying South Korea will further strengthen cooperation ...
13:49 Jan. 24
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated a state department official as a new special envoy for North Korean human rights, the White House said Monday.
Julie Turner...
07:21 Jan. 24
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- The United States and South Korea regularly discuss ways to address threats posed by North Korea, including its support for Russia's war against Ukra...
05:15 Jan. 24
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- A resolution has been proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives calling for the return of a U.S. Navy ship seized by North Korea 55 years ago, a ...
00:57 Jan. 24
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will visit South Korea early next week on a regional swing that will also take him to...
17:55 Jan. 23
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean foreign ministry said Monday that no Korean injuries or deaths have been reported from the deadly mass shooting in California that claimed 10 lives.
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13:41 Jan. 23