SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Sunday.
Temperature (C) Condition Possibility
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09:02 Dec. 20
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- Ahn Cheol-soo, the head of the minor opposition People's Party, will announce his bid to run in next year's Seoul mayoral by-election, officials here said Saturday.
A...
23:08 Dec. 19
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Saturday ordered its key members to work from home after one of its spokespeople tested positive for the novel c...
22:04 Dec. 19
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government issued an emergency order earlier this week dictating private hospitals nationwide earmark a certain portion of their intensive-care beds for ser...
15:07 Dec. 19
Dec. 20
1974 -- North Korean spy Moon Se-gwang is executed for assassinating first lady Yook Young-su, the wife of President Park Chung-hee.
1979 -- A military court sentences KCIA chief Ki...
14:00 Dec. 19
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- The government's ongoing random testing, launched in the greater Seoul area at the beginning of this week, has identified nearly 300 cases of COVID-19 so far, a governmen...
10:41 Dec. 19
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Dec. 19.
Korean-language dailies
-- Even judges not well aware of 'suspended penalty sentence' (K...
08:57 Dec. 19
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in on Friday hailed this week's UNESCO inscription of South Korea's lantern lighting festival to celebrate Buddha's birthday as intangible cultural her...
21:58 Dec. 18
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in expressed expectations Friday for closer South Korea-Indonesia partnership and co-prosperity under their free trade agreement.
The two sides sign...
18:03 Dec. 18
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday.
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U.S. should send dialogue message to N.K. at Blinken's confirmation hearing: exper...
17:02 Dec. 18
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea held a ceremony Friday to honor a total of 514 sets of recently unearthed remains of soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, vowing to make every effor...
16:25 Dec. 18
(ATTN: UPDATES with details of Seoul's patient situation in last 3 paras)
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Friday the government will thoroughly prepare for the potenti...
14:51 Dec. 18
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's human rights watchdog said on Friday that the Army's forced discharge of a sergeant who underwent a sex reassignment surgery while serving in the military w...
14:21 Dec. 18
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent a consolation message Friday to French President Emmanuel Macron, who has tested positive for the coronavirus.
It's "regrettabl...
13:58 Dec. 18
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- The government's ongoing random testing, launched in the greater Seoul area at the beginning of this week, has identified 170 cases of COVID-19 so far, a government agenc...
10:53 Dec. 18
By Woo Jae-yeon
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- The year 2020 was defined by the devastating coronavirus pandemic that upended life, but it was also a remarkable year when the long pursuit of reforming ...
10:00 Dec. 18
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Friday the government will thoroughly prepare for the potential toughening of social distancing restrictions and make a swift and "bold...
09:53 Dec. 18
A last mission
President Moon Jae-in's approval on Wednesday of a two-month suspension of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl as recommended by a disciplinary committee has made a few things clea...
07:29 Dec. 18
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- Parliamentary leaders of MIKTA, a five-nation partnership that includes South Korea, agreed Thursday to step up cooperation in tackling social and economic challenges ste...
17:09 Dec. 17
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.
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(3rd LD) S. Korea inching closer to toughest virus curbs, as daily virus tally t...
17:07 Dec. 17