By Hwang Doo-hyong WASHINGTON, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The United States said Tuesday it has not yet made a decision on providing food aid to North Korea, but reiterated that any decision will be made o

By Hwang Doo-hyong WASHINGTON, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and five other emerging economies will account for more than half of all global growth by 2025, driving a major economic power shift, a

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 80 percent of schools in Seoul are suspected of containing asbestos, a report showed Tuesday, raising concerns that students are faced with serious health risks fro

By Kim Young-gyo

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Tuesday ordered the state and a former president to pay 1 billion won (US$917,000) in compensation to two former opposition lawmakers who served prison te

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean Christian group said Tuesday that it plans to give unauthorized food aid to North Korea to help relieve chronic food shortages in the North.

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak said South Korea will keep strengthening its alliance with the United States as long as there are threats from North Korea, according to an intervi

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By Chang Jae-soon

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SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Those who post bomb-making instructions online will be charged with sedition under criminal law, police said Tuesday, days after homemade explosives detonated at two major