South Korea's Public Diplomacy Ambassador Hong Seok-in gives a speech at a good governance forum in the African nation of Cape Verde on April 8, 2024, introducing the 2024 Korea-Africa Summit, slat

SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Lee Jun-seok, an ousted former leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), won his first-ever parliamentary seat in the general elections Wednesday, the official vote

SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean novelist Hwang Sok-yong's "Mater 2-10" has been shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize, the British literary awards said Tuesday.

SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- The opposition's landslide victory in this week's parliamentary elections put President Yoon Suk Yeol in an even weaker position to move his agenda forward as the vote w

SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean financial holding companies' combined net profit rose 0.4 percent in 2023 from a year earlier, helped by high interest rates, the financial regulator said Tu

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. government announced a plan Monday to award Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- Big companies in South Korea increased their investments in research and development (R&D) activities last year despite decreased earnings, a corporate data tracker s

SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Group, South Korea's construction equipment-to-fuel cell systems conglomerate, said Sunday it will enhance its partnership with U.S.

SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's second homegrown military spy satellite has been launched from a U.S. space center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 (Yonhap) -- The San Francisco Giants' South Korean rookie Lee Jung-hoo scored a run in his first home game of the season Friday, helping his team past fellow Korean Kim Ha-se