SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Yoo In-chon, the new culture minister nominee, is an expert in cultural-arts policies who served as culture minister from 2008-2011 during the Lee Myung-bak administrati...
15:36 Sep. 13
(ATTN: UPDATES with announcement; CHANGES headline)
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol nominated a ruling party lawmaker and former three-star Army general for defen...
15:14 Sep. 13
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol will send a special envoy to Vatican City this week to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and t...
14:51 Sep. 13
By Kang Jae-eun
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung moved the site of his hunger strike from a tent in front of the National Assembly to inside his office due to his worseni...
14:26 Sep. 13
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol called on businesses on Wednesday to make bold investments in the "super-giant AI" sector, saying such technologies will have an i...
13:51 Sep. 13
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Labor Minister Lee Jeong-sik on Wednesday urged unionized rail workers to cancel their plan to stage a general strike this week, citing its grave impact on the economy a...
11:28 Sep. 13
(ATTN: ADDS more remarks on exports, economy in last 4 paras, additional photo)
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Industry Minister nominee Bang Moon-kyu vowed Wednesday to expedite efforts ...
10:57 Sep. 13
(ATTN: UPDATES with announcement being postponed to later in the day)
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol will carry out a partial Cabinet reshuffle Wednesday to name...
10:31 Sep. 13
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo held talks with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala during a visit to Prague and discussed ways to expand economic cooperation between the two co...
10:30 Sep. 13
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Industry Minister nominee Bang Moon-kyu vowed Wednesday to expedite efforts to restore and further develop the ecosystem of the country's nuclear power gene...
10:29 Sep. 13
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol will carry out a partial Cabinet reshuffle Wednesday to name the new ministers of defense, culture and gender equality, officials ...
07:54 Sep. 13
SEOUL, Sep. 12 (Yonhap) – Five opposition lawmakers plan to visit the United States and Europe this week to garner global support against Japan's ongoing discharge of water from the crippled Fukush...
18:10 Sep. 12
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday.
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(6th LD) N. Korea's Kim arrives in Russia for rare summit with Putin
SEOUL -- N...
16:59 Sep. 12
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol called on Russia on Tuesday to "act responsibly" as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council as North Korean ...
16:08 Sep. 12
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- Former President Moon Jae-in filed a defamation complaint against Veterans Minister Park Min-shik on Tuesday for suggesting that his father was a pro-Japa...
15:13 Sep. 12
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- Kim Man-bae, a key suspect in allegations that he purposely faked an interview in 2021 to discredit then opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk Yeol, denied key part...
15:01 Sep. 12
(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout)
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- The state anti-corruption agency said Tuesday it will look into virtual asset holdings of all lawmakers to see i...
14:16 Sep. 12