SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases remained at the 10,000 level for the fourth straight day Friday, with most state-imposed virus restrictions lifted in public areas.
T...What's new
10:08 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong is currently in China to attend the China Development Forum, according to sources Friday.
Lee arrived in Beijing o...Economy
10:00 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance ministry said Friday it has initialed a double-taxation prevention pact with the European microstate of Andorra, in a move that could boost bilater...Economy
10:00 Mar. 24
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By Yi Wonju
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea tested a new underwater nuclear weapon earlier this week capable...North Korea
09:52 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened lower Friday, despite Wall Street gains overnight in hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its rate hike cycle.
The ben...Stocks
09:23 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Corp. said Friday they will recall over 570,000 vehicles in the United States because the vehicles could pose a fire risk...Economy
09:13 Mar. 24
By Kim Han-joo
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- Fingerprints have confirmed that a South Korean man recently arrested in Montenegro is indeed Do Kwon, the wanted co-founder of Terraform Labs behind a mu...National
09:12 Mar. 24
By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- Early in his tenure as head coach of the South Korean men's national football team, Jurgen Klinsmann has already displayed one major difference from his pr...Sports
09:10 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Friday.
Temperature (C) Condition Possibility
...National
09:04 Mar. 24
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan's latest efforts to restore bilateral ties will give a "significant positive spillover" to Asia's No. 4 economy, the finance min...Economy
09:02 Mar. 24
DP's tyranny flows onto the rice front
The Democratic Party (DP) has railroaded a controversial revision to the Grains Management Act in the plenary session of the National Assembly. The amendment ...Politics
07:03 Mar. 24
Lingering financial jitters
Banks' collapse should not be ignored
On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point, pushing the target range to...Economy
07:03 Mar. 24
Young people resting
500,000 youngsters rest, 5.77m old people work; job polarization must be resolved
Last month, nearly 500,000 young people aged 15 to 29 gave up looking for a job.
According ...National
07:03 Mar. 24
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on March 24.
Korean-language dailies
-- Laws to reduce prosecution's investigative powers 'valid' (...National
07:03 Mar. 24