NARITA, Japan, July 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic chief Lee Kee-heung insisted on Monday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has promised in writing that it would ban the display of a J

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- The Ministry of Justice on Monday gave advance notice of a revision to the civil law that would grant animals legal status as individuals with lives that deserve to be pr

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- A fingerless South Korean mountaineer has climbed all of the world's 14 highest mountains in the Himalayas, a local alpine club said Monday, becoming the world's first pe

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- The main South Korean delegation to the Tokyo Olympics departed for Japan on Monday, four days ahead of the opening ceremony for the competition delayed one year by the c

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Friday it will launch a working group on cybersecurity with the United States in order to reinforce cooperation against hacking attacks.

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- A statue of King Sejong, the inventor of the Korean alphabet, Hanguel, will go up in Uzbekistan's capital as part of a cultural exchange between two local districts.

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee and her counterparts from other World Trade Organization (WTO) member states agreed Thursday to redouble efforts to reach a deal

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- Pope Francis has thanked Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, archbishop of Seoul, for contributing to the Vatican's initiative to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries,

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum will participate in a virtual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on COVID-19 this week, his office announced

BORYEONG, South Korea, July 15 (Yonhap) -- This year's Boryeong Mud Festival, one of the nation's most celebrated summer events, will scale down in-person programs due to recent spikes in COVID-19