S. Korea, Sweden to hold defense talks
SEOUL (Yonhap) - The defense ministers of South Korea and Sweden will hold talks in Seoul this week to promote cooperation and discuss regional security issues, the South's Defense Ministry said Mo
False advertising for cosmetics increases nearly 5-fold in Q1
SEOUL (Yonhap) - Online cosmetic advertisements containing false claims or misleading information have increased sharply in the first quarter of this year, the Seoul municipal government said Monda
N. Korea loses to UAE in Olympic football qualifier
SEOUL (Yonhap) - North Korea fell to United Arab Emirates 1-0 in the first leg of their second round Olympic football qualification action in Pyongyang.
Seoul shares turn lower after strong open
SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean stocks began higher on Monday but soon shifted to negative territory on worries over the tech sector's grim quarterly profit outlook, analysts said.
S. Korean Park misses 200 individual medley final in int'l meet
SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan missed out on the finals of the men's 200-meter individual medley at a California meet Sunday.
New legislation for dual citizenship signals a new era for Korean adoptees
By Stephanie McDonald
Contributing Writer
Yang ties for third at U.S. Open
WASHINGTON (Yonhap) - South Korea's Yang Yong-eun tied for third at the U.S. Open golf championship, which ended Sunday just outside Washington.
Poll on free lunches
(Yonhap) - Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announced Friday that his metropolitan government has begun to take steps to hold a referendum on free school lunches.
For sustainable growth
(EDITORIAL from the Korea Times on June 20)
The president as enforcer
(Yonhap) - President Lee Myung-bak delivered strong criticism of the widespread corruption among government officials last Friday at a meeting with his ministers and senior secretaries.
