SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The government will extend the current seven-day quarantine mandate for COVID-19 patients for four more weeks until June 20, Interior Minister Lee Sang-min said Friday.
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10:13 May. 20
SEJONG, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The Green Climate Fund (GCF), an international organization on fighting climate change, has approved US$330 million in funding for five green energy projects, South Korea...
10:08 May. 20
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell for a third consecutive day to stay below 30,000 on Friday, as the government pushed back the plan to relax more virus restrictions, ...
09:57 May. 20
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors are looking into whether to bring Ponzi fraud charges against CEO Do Kwon of Terraform Labs, sources said Friday, a day after investors sued him over the shock...
09:54 May. 20
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Friday.
Temperature (C) Condition Possibility
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09:00 May. 20
Chips first, all else to be discussed Saturday
U.S. President Joe Biden will head straight to the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek chip complex upon arrival in Korea on Friday. A U.S. president is m...
06:57 May. 20
From security to economy and technology
President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold his first summit with U.S. President Joe Biden in Seoul on Saturday, raising hopes of a new era of alliance between the tw...
06:57 May. 20
Spirit of integration
Yoon, People Power Party lawmakers memorialize May 18 for national unity
President Yoon Suk-yeol, government ministers and nearly all lawmakers of the People Power Party atte...
06:56 May. 20
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on May 20.
Korean-language dailies
-- Prosecutors speed up investigation on officials from Moon gov't...
06:56 May. 20
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ULSAN, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Eight people were injured Thursday in an explosion at a refinery owned by S-Oil Corp., South Korea's t...
22:50 May. 19
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ULSAN, May 19 (Yonhap) -- At least eight people were injured Thursday in an explosion at a refinery owned by S-Oil Corp., South K...
22:18 May. 19
ULSAN, May 19 (Yonhap) -- At least four people were injured Thursday in an explosion at a refinery owned by S-Oil Corp., South Korea's third-largest refiner, in the southeastern city of Ulsan, fire...
22:08 May. 19
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SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell to around 28,000 on Thursday, continuing the modest decline as the omicron spread has been slo...
22:03 May. 19
INCHEON, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Thursday they have sought a formal arrest warrant for a man who allegedly aided and abetted key suspects in the high-profile "valley murder" case of 201...
19:26 May. 19
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.
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(LEAD) Seoul shares dip over 1 pct on inflation woes
SEOUL -- Seoul shares drop...
17:04 May. 19
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- More than eight out of 10 people who reported sexual harassment at the workplace said they suffered from some form of retaliation, a civic group reported Thursday.
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16:40 May. 19
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Koreans who invested in two main tokens of Terraform Labs have sued Do Kwon, the embattled cryptocurrency firm's co-founder and CEO, and co...
16:16 May. 19
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Thursday raided the home and the office of former Industry Minister Paik Un-gyu over allegations he and other ministry officials forced the heads of several...
15:30 May. 19