SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has detected what could be seen as the first case of members of the same family suffering from an unidentified severe acute lung disease, the state-run diseas

SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- More than 40 percent of South Koreans living in Seoul and its adjacent areas believe their consumer confidence has been weakened due to slumping property markets and a ri

SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military has exposed serious loopholes in its information security management system, as its top organizations failed to share information on blacklisted fi

SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's private universities could cut tuition fees by as much as 15 percent if the government funds their scholarship programs, the head of a private universities'

1955 -- North Korea and Japan sign a fisheries agreement.

1961 -- South Korean students protest alleged election rigging, and 11 universities are temporarily closed as a result.

SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean household spending on college tuition rose 76.8 percent in 2010 compared to five years ago, data showed Sunday, indicating that rising education costs are fe

PARIS, June 11 (Yonhap) -- The founder and chairman of South Korea's top entertainment agency explained the success of Korean pop to a large group of European music experts in Paris on Saturday, as

SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) is reportedly pushing to further expand the scope of compulsory education to include children aged three to four, officials said Sun

SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to make all-out efforts to stem growing inflationary pressure as South Korea faces potential difficulties in taming inflation in the second half, off

SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- The average retirement age at local conglomerates stood at 57.3 in 2010, slightly up from 57.2 the previous year, a poll by the labor ministry showed Sunday.