SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- A government delegation left for Iran on Thursday to negotiate an early release of the South Korean oil tanker and its crew seized by Iranian authorities earlier this week...
06:54 Jan. 07
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean delegation is set to depart for Iran soon to negotiate the early release of a seized tanker and its crew, officials said Wednesday.
The delegation, led ...
18:32 Jan. 06
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with vice FM's remarks, 3rd last para with gov't plan to send delegation; TRIMS; RESTRUCTURES)
By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- The government believes there ...
17:17 Jan. 06
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry on Wednesday welcomed this week's Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit declaration calling for regional unity, and a decision by Saudi Arabia and oth...
15:43 Jan. 06
By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- The government is verifying facts related to Iran's seizure of a South Korean tanker to see whether the decision to hold the ship was based on legally v...
14:02 Jan. 06
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The incoming U.S. administration of Joe Biden should recognize the progress made with North Korea so far and reengage the North in denuclearization ta...
06:12 Jan. 06
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has yet to make a decision on whether he will actually follow through on his commitment to denuclearize, U.S. Secretar...
02:19 Jan. 06
(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 1,5)
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will dispatch a delegation to Iran this week to negotiate the release of a seized Korean oil tanker and its sailors, officia...
23:26 Jan. 05
(ATTN: ADDS details in last 5 paras; ADDS photo)
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will dispatch a delegation to Iran to negotiate the release of a seized Korean oil tanker and its sailors, of...
19:10 Jan. 05
(ATTN: UPDATES paras 8-9 with talks on frozen assets)
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will dispatch a delegation to Iran to negotiate the release of a seized Korean oil tanker and its sailor...
17:18 Jan. 05
(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES article with details from ministry official's background briefing; TRIMS; RESTRUCTURES)
By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Iran agre...
17:12 Jan. 05
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Iran have been in talks over the use of the latter's money frozen here under U.S. sanctions to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from a global procurement mechani...
17:05 Jan. 05
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will dispatch a delegation to Iran to negotiate the release of a seized Korean oil tanker and its sailors, officials said Tuesday.
The South Korean-flagged ...
16:20 Jan. 05
(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 7-8; UPDATES 20th para)
By Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Iran's abrupt seizure of a South Korean-flagged oil tanker this week appears aimed at pressuring Seo...
16:00 Jan. 05
Jan. 6
1926 -- Japan completes construction of the Japanese governor-general's office inside Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul. The Japanese colonial headquarters controlled the entire Korean P...
14:00 Jan. 05
(ATTN: ADDS ambassador's comments in paras 3-4, photo)
By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- A foreign ministry official met with Iran's top envoy in Seoul on Tuesday to lodge a protest over...
13:54 Jan. 05
(ATTN: RECASTS 11th para; ADDS more info in paras 20-21)
By Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Iran's abrupt seizure of a South Korean-flagged oil tanker this week appears aimed at pressuring S...
13:53 Jan. 05
(ATTN: CLARIFIES headline, lead; ADDS more details in paras 4-9, 15)
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's anti-piracy unit began operations in waters near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday to resp...
13:29 Jan. 05
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- A foreign ministry official met with Iran's top envoy in Seoul on Tuesday to lodge a protest over this week's seizure of a South Korean oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz....
13:28 Jan. 05
By Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Iran's abrupt seizure of a South Korean-flagged oil tanker this week appears aimed at pressuring Seoul to unlock its financial assets frozen under U.S. san...
13:14 Jan. 05