SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea became the world's third-largest exporter of cosmetics products in 2020 with its trade balance in the sector remaining in the black for nine straight years, g

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan will hold working-level talks in Seoul later Monday to discuss a prolonged row over wartime sexual slavery, forced labor and other pending issues, t

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- With each passing day, the push by the local organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to stage the Tokyo Olympic Summer Games seems to be picking up steam

BARCELONA, June 17 (Joint-Press Corps-Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in headed back to Seoul on Thursday after a weeklong trip to Europe, during which he focused on making clear Seoul's

TOKYO, June 17 (Yonhap) -- An exhibition showcasing a statue symbolizing Japan's sexual enslavement of women from Korea and elsewhere in Asia is set to continue despite opposition from right-wing a

SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong on Thursday pledged efforts to realize the United Nations' values of peace and liberty on the Korean Peninsula during a forum marking near

MADRID/SEOUL, June 17 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said a "very valuable" ancient map he witnessed in Madrid on Wednesday shows Dokdo is part of Korean territory

SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- A local court has ordered the Japanese government to disclose its assets in South Korea as part of efforts to secure reparations for 12 "comfort women" who were forced in

SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), South Korea's largest annual genre film festival, will open next month both online and in person amid the coron

SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to deploy moving robots on guard missions and establish an artificial intelligence (AI)-based surveillance system in border areas to beef up border secu