SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities on Monday confirmed the country's first case of the new coronavirus variant that was first identified in Brazil.
The latest discovery ...
15:13 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) has set out to find ways to get lucrative companies to share some of their profits with small businesses vulnerable to losses amid the co...
14:57 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Monday sentenced Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong to 2 1/2 years in prison in a retrial of a bribery case involving former President Park Geun-hye and ordered h...
14:36 Jan. 18
Jan. 19
1946 -- Rightist and leftist Korean students clash over whether the Korean Peninsula should be placed under a U.N. trusteeship.
1949 -- The South Korean government applies for membe...
14:00 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Over a third of non-regular workers have experienced unemployment since the new coronavirus broke out in South Korea in January 2020, a survey showed Monday.
According...
13:22 Jan. 18
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SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases rose by the smallest number in nearly two months Monday, app...
12:02 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- A heavy snow advisory has been issued for Seoul and central and southwestern regions, the weather agency said Monday, forecasting nearly 10 centimeters of snow in some ar...
11:25 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's public institutions plan to hire more than 26,000 new employees this year in a bid to prop up the job market hit hard by the new coronavirus outbreak, the f...
10:50 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases rose by the smallest number in nearly two months Monday, apparently on the back of tightened social distancing measures and fewe...
09:32 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Monday.
Temperature (C) Condition Possibility
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09:07 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 135,000 terminally ill South Koreans have chosen to forgo life-prolonging treatment since the legalization of the right to die with dignity three years ago, govern...
08:45 Jan. 18
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Jan. 18.
Korean-language dailies
-- 'Miracle morning' trend sweeps S. Koreans in their 20s, 30s (...
06:58 Jan. 18
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SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- Disaster safety authorities were on heightened alert on Sunday as heavy snowfall was f...
21:37 Jan. 17
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SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- One new case of highly pathogenic bird flu was reported from a local poultry farm on Sunday, raising the t...
21:12 Jan. 17
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SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases remained in the 500s for the sixth consecutive day Sunday, as the country partia...
18:40 Jan. 17