By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol pledged Wednesday to rebuild the nuclear power industry and support its expansion overseas, underscoring his commitment to reversin...
14:07 Jun. 22
June 23
1965 -- The government exchanges an agreement with the United States in which Seoul pledges to send a combat division to Vietnam. The agreement was concluded after Winthrop Brown, t...
14:00 Jun. 22
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday.
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(2nd LD) S.Korea reports first two suspected cases of monkeypox
SEOUL -- Sou...
13:30 Jun. 22
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday named the chiefs of the state defense procurement and weather agencies, his office said.
Eom Dong-hwan, a graduate of the Korea Mili...
11:33 Jun. 22
(ATTN: UPDATES with quote, background in paras 3, 5-8)
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol called Wednesday for stronger measures against the inflow of monkeypox after...
11:06 Jun. 22
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol called Wednesday for stronger measures against the inflow of monkeypox after the country reported its first two suspected cases the previous day, ...
10:38 Jun. 22
(ATTN: REWRITES throughout)
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- The ruling People Power Party was set to hold an ethics committee meeting Wednesday in connection with allegations that party chairman Lee Jun...
10:31 Jun. 22
PARIS, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has called for drastic reform of the loss-making Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), saying that the state-run electricity firm's self-rescue ...
10:09 Jun. 22
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- The ethics committee of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Wednesday was scheduled to look into allegations that party Chairman Lee Jun-seok tried to destroy evidence...
09:32 Jun. 22
Where six nations have gone before
The Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV-II), or Nuri, soared into space Tuesday afternoon from the Naro Space center in Goheung County, South Jeolla. The Ministry o...
06:54 Jun. 22
Taming inflation
Stronger, realistic policy measures needed to rein in surging prices, avoid a looming crisis
High-ranking government officials are often quick todraw up as rosy an outlook as poss...
06:54 Jun. 22
Looming economic woes
People taking the brunt of triple shocks
The deteriorating economic and financial situation can be compared to an approaching perfect storm. People have already begun to bear ...
06:54 Jun. 22
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on June 22.
Korean-language dailies
-- Nuri opens new space era (Kyunghyang Shinmun)
-- S. Korea bec...
06:54 Jun. 22
SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of South Korea and Japan may have "meaningful" dialogue during the NATO summit in Spain next week, South Korea's foreign minister said Tuesday.
President Y...
23:19 Jun. 21
(ATTN; UPDATES with details in paras 12-14)
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- The interior ministry on Tuesday unveiled a plan to set up a new bureau to exercise direct control of police de...
21:55 Jun. 21
SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol lauded the successful launch of the homegrown space rocket Nuri on Tuesday, saying South Korea has opened "a path to space."
The 200-ton Nuri b...
18:03 Jun. 21
(ATTN: ADDS President Yoon Suk-yeol's message in paras 12-14, photo)
PARIS, June 21 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Tuesday appealed to members of the Bureau International des Expositio...
17:48 Jun. 21