May 21
1947 -- The second U.S.-Soviet Joint Commission opens to discuss forming a joint transitional government and trusteeship in Korea. The talks broke off on July 10. The ideological divide ...
14:00 May. 20
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The annual lantern parade is set to take place in central Seoul on Saturday at full scale ahead of Buddha's Birthday next week for the first time in four years, organizers...
13:16 May. 20
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed below 20,000 for the second consecutive day Saturday as the country has been preparing to return to pre-pandemic normalcy, with ...
09:48 May. 20
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on May 20.
Korean-language dailies
-- Gov't inspection team to go 'see' Japan's contaminated water (K...
09:15 May. 20
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Police sought a warrant Friday to arrest actor Yoo Ah-in on suspicions of the illegal use of five different drugs.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency filed for the wa...
18:42 May. 19
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday.
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(Yonhap Interview) Germany welcomes diplomatic thaw between S. Korea, Japan: Scholz...
17:00 May. 19
BUCHEON, South Korea, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Kim Kyung-hyup of the main opposition Democratic Party was sentenced to a suspended prison term Friday on charges of making an unauthorized land purcha...
15:30 May. 19
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court upheld a 30-year prison sentence Friday for a mother and stepfather accused of neglect and starvation that resulted in the death of their 2-year-old daug...
14:33 May. 19
(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout)
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- A 21-member team of South Korean experts will make a six-day visit to Japan starting Sunday for an on-site inspect...
14:32 May. 19
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Over the past few months, the South Korean medical community has been divided sharply over the nursing act, with the Korean Nurses Association (KNA) and the K...
14:27 May. 19
May 20
1949 -- Kim Yak-su and Lee Mun-won, lawmakers in South Korea's first National Assembly, are arrested for arguing for the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country and negotiat...
14:00 May. 19
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Koo Ja-kyun, chairman of LS Electric Co., has been referred to the prosecution for investigation on charges of a speeding violation, along with a company official who init...
13:36 May. 19
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday.
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S. Korea to send 21-member team to Japan for Fukushima inspection
SEOUL -- A 21-m...
13:30 May. 19
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- A 21-member team of South Korean experts will make a six-day visit to Japan starting Sunday for an on-site inspection ahead of the planned release of radioa...
11:50 May. 19
GOYANG, South Korea, May 19 (Yonhap) -- A district court sentenced a 32-year-old man to life in prison Friday for murdering a taxi driver involved in a car crash and an ex-girlfriend last year.
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11:26 May. 19
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- A lawmaker appeared before prosecutors for questioning Friday over his alleged involvement in a cash-for-vote campaign ahead of the 2021 leadership election of the main op...
11:05 May. 19
(ATTN: RECASTS throughout with issuance of highest FMD warning level)
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday raised the crisis level of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) to the highest poin...
10:43 May. 19